robert_clark Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Found on leicarumours.com "8/25/2008 7:07 PM andrea wrote:Small M 10-13Mpx not full frame .....M9 13-16Mpx....full frame..........R10 16-20Mpx full frame......and Hasselblad similar model 22 -49Mpx big frame Price?Small M 2.000$M9 4.000$R10 7.000$Big Frame model 14.000$" I have no idea of the provenance of this 'rumour' - if only it were true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvy Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 if it is not true why do you start it here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltflanagan Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Here's something that is true. Take out the letter u and you can actually read some rumors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoph_hammann Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I'd appreciate if everyone considered these rumors to their fullest content and would people please refrain from taking and publishing photos during that time?<br> ... Pssst! ... <br> I've something to show you! Wanna see some photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Blackwell Images Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Leica is working on a full-frame digital M, but it is unlikely we will see it this year. The digital Leica R is a certainty - and the "small M" (the 4/3ds Leica M mount with a 2.00:1 crop factor) is likely - at Photokina next month. Also at Photokina, look for some new lenses, including a 24mm Summicron and a 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux. So what's your point? “When you come to a fork in the road, take it ...” – Yogi Berra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey_edelstein1 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 A 4/3 mini format is no solution for M users, you need an 18mm lens to get 36mm wide angle and your 35mm is a 70mm lens. May as well start buying lenses from scratch. All the rest is wild speculation. Nikon on their D3 has a 5:4 mode that is direct 8x10" proportions, thats a large 30x24mm sensor area or a 1.2x cropping factor. This would be a very good compromise between 1.33x and FF size sensors for IQ and cost factors producing a camera. The steep angle caused by the short rangefinder mount to sensor distance would be less so with a smaller than FF sensor. The direct to 8x10" makes every sensor count more since nothing goes to waste because no cropping of the image is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny_spinoza Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I'm not a digital Leica user (due to cost)....but.....I wouldn't be surprised if Leica came out with lenses designed for the smaller image circle of the M8. I would love to see a more affordable M digital rangefinder, so that I could get into the digital and rangefinder world at the same time and see what this fun is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kens Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I believe (and I might be mistaken) that Leica, when the M8 was introduced, announced their intention NOT to design small-sensor lenses. Rather they would maintain 35mm full frame image circles regardless of sensor sizes. Makes sense to me - it would very tough for that small company to expand the lens lineup. And at the cost of Leica glass, it would be tough on the market, if not impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey_edelstein1 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I think Leica came up with a 25mm lens for the 4/3 system thats a pancake design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kens Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Sorry - I'm referring to M series lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel meaby Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 "Here's something that is true. Take out the letter u and you can actually read some rumors." Walt, Rumor = American, Rumour = ENGLISH Both are correct it just depends which language you speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth_honeyman Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Nigel Walt wasn't being parochial - the SITE is leicarumors.com - US spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony_brookes5 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Ken - No ,sorry, - it depends on the language you write - it is spoken the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_wagner2 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The great cultural divide... Two great countries forever separated by a common language... Is it tea-time yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_hardy1 Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 How does leicarumors obtain its rumors? They're quite interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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