lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Japan's electronics giant Panasonic and German camera giant Leica Camera AG unveil the prototype model of Leica's M-series styled digital camera "DMC-LC1", equipped with 7 - 22.5mm/F2.0 - 2.4 Leica Vario-Summicron zoom lens (equivalent to 28 - 90mm in 35mm camera) in Tokyo, 02 October 2003. Panasonic is expecting to put it on the market next Spring. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1002/pana2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 it begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 One more<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_. Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 If that's where Leica's going with the M system into digital, anyone better sell off all their M gear now or be content to keep it forever. There will be people in both camps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 By the way, the flash shoe has the same contacts as on Leica M7 and R9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald_widen Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Looks like a more reasonable direction than just making a new digital body to fit our existing lenses. Seems to have a fast lens and M body kind of look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 chrome version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Its not full-frame. Lens is 7-22.5mm. Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkie Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Is the lens interchangeable?? How many Megapixel?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkie Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 A shame we cant use our leica lenses on it :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy. Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I am going to Japan agin the third week of this one. Should I bring one back for us?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 This time, the zoom lens seems to be an Asph. lens designed by Leica and not an OEM lens rebadged like before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy. Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Does anyone want me to do some simple translations? My Japanese is very limited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 A 28-90mm f2,0-2,4 Asph. made by Leica. It's what it looks like anyway... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 Sorry Mikko. I didn't saw you had already started a thread about it. Lucien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 It looks like it be a 5 million pixels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 That picture here is interesting. What is the focusing help in manual focusing mode.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccrevasse Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Regarding lenses on digital cameras, when it says "28-90 equivalent," does that mean perspective (compression or expansion of distance) and depth of field will look the same as it does with a 28 mm lens, for instance, or is it more like enlarging the center section of a super wide-angle lens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike dixon Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 The 28 - 90 "equivalent" simply means that the angle of view and magnification are comparable to a 28 - 90 on 35mm format. Depth of field is just as immense as you would expect from a 7mm/f2 to 22mm/f2.4 lens. And the look of the images will be about the same as you get from other digicams with tiny sensors. The only similarity this thing has to a Leica M is the body shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien1 Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 I'll love to see the size of a 28-90/2,0-4 designed for a full frame (24X36) CCD. ;-) Lucien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_. Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Mike, the body-shape similarity is to the Contax G1, not Leica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_. Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 <<I'll love to see the size of a 28-90/2,0-4 designed for a full frame (24X36) CCD. ;-) Lucien>> How about a 7-22.5mm f/2.0-4 for the M ;>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry_soletsky1 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 The plot thickens. Today also dpreview.com noted a panasonic DCM-FZ10 with a /Vrio Elmarit with the equivalent of 28-420mm with image stabilization 4 megapixels at price of$999. that camera is also listed on the panasonic USA. So perhaps Leica is now knee deep into optics for digital photograph. It's interessting the LC1 is only on the panasonic Japan site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markci Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 This is not an M camera. Stop calling it that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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