fjords Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 no crop factor please! I will wait for the D-ZI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No. Digital moves on in leaps and bounds, why would i want expensive out of date technology, sort of like the DMR.Happy with my M6 and film, to me that is what Leica M is about. Considering an MP in the near future. Hey, might even consider a Panasonic Leica.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham_morriss2 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No i'm afraid not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian hilmersen www. Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I would by a (Leica) four thirds rangefinder in a snap. Not sure about a Digital M. The M I hope for is a Sony Hexar dRF ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 M6 and 35mm summy still rules the roost if you are about tonal width etc. Silver or scanned.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasmformyzombie Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No! For starters, I think the body will be priced closer to $6000 (or even $6500) than $5000. A new film M body is now $3495! But either way, no way I'm spending that kind of $$$ for a camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_kastner Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 no-ho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 "I would by a (Leica) four thirds rangefinder in a snap." A vaguely rangefinder shaped 4/4rds SLR comes out and all of a sudden people think that there will actually BE a 4/3rds rangefinder? You can all disabuse yourselves of that delusion right now, and save a lot of hand wringing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_noble Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 no not even if i had the money. mainly because it isnt FF and i love film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajf Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 YES - am already in line - really looking forward to Photokina (will probably visit) the 1,33 cropfactor dosen't bother me. Just hope the wiewfinder have 35 & 50mm frames! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart feliciano Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I could buy a nice used Linhof Technika for that price... I'd buy a Leica CL or CLE digital for 1500$ without hesitating though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart feliciano Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 *If it came with a removeable low pass filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lb- Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 "I could buy a nice used Linhof Technika for that price..." I could buy a pickup truck, so what? If my desire is to mount leica M lenses on a digital capture device the linhof is about as useful as the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_b._elmer Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 YES, I'm number 7 on the waiting list for catalogue no. 10701 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dford Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 B&W film. This simple, perfect transducer, silver halide particles exposed to varying degrees of light through a uniquely engineered piece of glass, some remaining others washed away during an imperfect chemical process, leaving behind a representation of a reality that�s discovered upon the uniquely individual printing process, what GW referred to as �what things look like when photographed� does it for me. As an amateur, I�ve already got what I need and want from leica. A digital M is about as attractive to me as a digital Nikon or Canon or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_brookes5 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Sure - if I could afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_heinz_strohmeier Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No. No need for a digital M, I'm still taking slides and I'll do this til my end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billc1 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Well, hopefully around 2020 I'll get one. Just baby them because I like my used products in mint condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_ingram1 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No - not this time, but once the dynamic range exceeds NPH, and it's full-frame, temptation may become overwhelming ( low noise at high ISO and greater than 10M pixels taken as assured ). But in the intervening 2 to 4 years, if a MkI exists, buying a second film body and lenses, will seem more like a long term plan than a dead end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keirst Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No. I would not. Love the M7, love film, love my teeny color darkroom. Photoshop is useful, but there's no love there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squareframe Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 absolutely not ... too pricey, too late, too little value. then again, I am not much for alligator/zebra/antelope/ skinned Leica offerings either. the ONLY reason to own a Leica, is the Noctilux. and it must be full-frame to embrace its essence. five-grand ... ponder this for a milli-second? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 My 50's and 60's vintage Leicas are paid for and will outlast me. Will the Leica Digi have analog controls in the proper places or will we be forced to scroll through "programs" to change ISO or shutter speeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yes. I don't have any digital equipment of any type at present, so if I am going to buy a digital camera, this one would be it. I already have Leica lenses to put on it. If I had previously bought into another digital system, the answer would probably be no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy m. Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 No<br>I'd rather get a digilux 3. Unfortunately, the digital M will have sucked up the resources needed to produce the next Digilux. I'd imagine an upgradable camera of at least 10Mp with a Leica quality zoom to match, full manual control with an evf that helps me focus better than an rf patch would allow. I no longer fear that film will die completely, so I'll save my M lenses for a film camera. It may cost $5000 but if the zoom is that good it could be the last camera you need to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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