what are the stats for M8's.....

[steve garza]

VF and framelines? will it be offered in different magnifications?

 

[Mark Norton]

We don't know...

 

[steve garza]

ahhhh.....

ahhhh.....

they just wanna keep us guessing.....

 

[sdai]

A true leica aficianado would never care about its stats ... all you need is your pocketbook.

 

[steve garza]

A true Leica afficiando.....

A true Leica afficiando.....

A true leica aficianado would never care about its stats ... all you need is your pocketbook.

would never bother with the mundane subject of a pocketbook.

 

[pedro.m.reis]

would never bother with the mundane subject of a pocketbook.

What's a pocketbook? A book that goes into the pocket?? 🙂
What that has to do with leicas?

 

[steve garza]

uhhhh.....

uhhhh.....

What's a pocketbook? A book that goes into the pocket?? 🙂
What that has to do with leicas?

I think it's the camera manual isn't it?

 

[pedro.m.reis]

I think it's the camera manual isn't it?

Well, Wikipedia says that:
"A pocketbook is similar to a purse (in the British English sense), but allows the carrying of sheets of paper as well.", hence my question 🙂

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketbook
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purse

 

[Ted Witcher]

He means wallet. As in that thing in a Leica user's pocket that has a hole burnt in it.

 

[jaapv]

VF and framelines? will it be offered in different magnifications?

It is very simple: Because of retrocompatabilty Leica cannot change the framelines for 28-35-50-75 and 90, except to compensate for the smaller field of view. It is clear that 135 will be dropped. That means there will be a new switchable frameline for either 21 or 24 in the 35 frame. My guess is 24. The 24 already brings up the 35/135 frame.This leaves room for a permanent 21 mm frameline.If one workes this out, including the sensor crop, the VF magnification might be similar to the current 072.

 

[kbg32]

Here is what is known with reasonable certainty, compiled by Andrew Nemeth, http://www.nemeng.com/leica/004f.shtml:

M8 Digital specifications

Camera name: "Leica M8". Product code: "10701"
10.5 MPixel Kodak sensor
Not full-frame — 1.33x crop factor
A dedicated M body, not a clip-on digital back
Approx. same body dimensions as the Leica M7
Same metal-blade shutter as the Leica R9, with a top speed of 1/8000th
Optical viewfinder plus a non-swivel 2.5 inch LCD
Built-in motor to cock shutter
No film wind lever or rewind crank (!)
SD Memory & USB 2.0
No anti-alias filter - software correction instead
USA: $5000 price is firm. Europe: @ € 4500 Euro
ETA Photokina 2006 (late Sept), shipping after Oct 2006

M lens focal length Cropped Equivalent
12 mm 16 mm
15 mm 20 mm
21 mm 28 mm
24 mm 32 mm
28 mm 37 mm
35 mm 47 mm
40 mm 53 mm
50 mm 67 mm
75 mm 98 mm
90 mm 120 mm

Rumours say it will use the same Adobe DNG format as the DMR.

 

[jaapv]

Add to the list of certainities:

No 135 mm framelines
Only 135 lens usable the 2.8/135 with goggles
First camera's will be black chrome

135 mm crop equivalent:
135 mm 180 mm