[LRflex] Re: Andeas Kaufmann Interview
- From: Bille Xavier F. <hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:48:47 +0100
Hello To all
Thanks for pointing this interview to the list. In fact, personnally, I have
not much time to roam all the forum to find something. Really, I appreciate
your message.
We have 3 or 4 new subscribers today... They might be
Who-we-should-not-say-the-name :)
After I had the Olympus E3 in my hands and looked thru the viewfinder, I got
pretty sure Mr LEE quitted the company with some "traitor accusation". But hey,
Mr Olympus Four-Thirds is probably reading forum as well:)
Now, it's no use for Leica to produce te E3. I'm pretty sure it is worth to
produce some nice lenses for the four third. I have seen that you can buy the
lens of the Digilux 3 from Ebay without the body.
To tell you the truth, I would like to have a E3 but retain the Leica Lens.
Only, the mechanical design of the E3 makes redundant the aperture ring. Grrrr.
To my eye, the desing of the Digilux 3, looking like a Genetic Modified
Organism of a Range finder is absolutely gorgeous as it looks as not other
camera. Another design I like is the Gigantic Mamiya Digital Camera (23M
pixels) with the Big pentaprism on top.
In a system point of view, I believe that Autofocus is a base but I think that
being able to customize a profile for a specific lens. It would be appreciated
in the next SLR camera. No other brand is offering this feature.
Are we looking back? No, just these info are normally transmitted through the
flange in the new designed lenses, that's all.
Just a note for the new Compact Leica Digital (CLD in short), if they had not
the idea already, it is to build a camera based on the current Kodak Sensor for
the M8 but with a large screen (around 3 inches) at the back. No need of the IR
bar code reader, the user selects among a list the lens put on. Of course, the
28mm is a base, and choosen among the latest affordable lens by Leica
(Summarit).
Range finder or not? Better is to build an electronic range finder based on the
application of the DISTA product (you know these products used by architects to
record the measurements of a room/ buildings). The camera beeps when the
distance is all right.
Of course, they will sell external view finders (as for Ricoh or Sigma latest
products) to match the lns.
Imagine, you move the tab of your 'Cron and the system beeps for accuracy, you
take the picture....
Now, if for the compact camera, there are profiles for the lens made in 1952,
it will be a success.
Even Voigtlander can compete there, offering profile for the latest lenses..
Not to mention the guys on forum exchanging the profile of the Nikon LTM
28/F3.5 made between the year of the great Orange and the Year of the Maple
tree that gives diabet :)
I see now that my post is long and probably useless. Please apologies. You see,
I design part of the Fast train between Brussels and Amsterdam, therefore, I
tend to have some strange ideas about what could be the products.
What I formulate here is very dfficult to achieve in a technical point of view
for many reasons. But it vould be fun to work on the project, even in
Germany...---------------------------------Xavier F. BILLE Maisons-Alfort -
France.> From: wbabbott3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject:
[LRflex] Andeas Kaufmann Interview> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:28:53 -0700> > Hi
all-> > You may be interested in this interview with the owner and CEO of >
Leica, Andreas Kaufmann, about the future of Leica, if you haven't > already
seen it. Or not. It leaves a lot unsaid, as you can imagine.> >
http://www.handelsblatt.com/news/default_200038_1401865.aspx> > There are a
couple of pages of comments on the L-Camera Forum; some > are illuminating,
some not, IMHO.> >
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/48112-interview-andreas-kaufmann-handelsblatt-com.html?utm_source=Newsletter2008-05-EN&utm_medium=E-Mail>
> All the best,> > Bill> ------> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode
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