The First Digital Leica

[dave lackey]

Interesting!🙂

http://blog.iso50.com/22245/leicas-first-digital-camera/

 

[mathomas]

Cool. My local Leica dealer has one on display.

 

[Keith]

I can soooo see the roots of the M9 in this camera! 😀

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

That's a cool blog--I put it on my RSS feed.

 

[Alnitak]

To me this looks more like something Leica should want to forget and should have never left the prototype stage.

 

[fiatlux]

Digital scanning backs and scanning SLRs were common in the 90s and early 00s, being more affordable than single-shot backs, and are still unsurpassed when it comes to high-quality copy work in controlled lighting environment. The still-current Praktica Scan 7000 delivers 400Mp images for instance.

 

[jaapv]

Actually there are a few still in use, with places like museums for documenting the exhibits for instance.