[LRflex] Re: IMPORTANT: Re: DMR Support, all together now. please read

  • From: mehrdad <msadat@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:10:26 -0800

Bill, all i want from the leica team for the dmr is better white
balance, more accurate battery reading and sdhc support as promise in
1.3. everything comes to an end a alot faster in digital. i do like it
cuz you get to play with a lot more new toys  than ever.



On 2/8/07, William Abbott <wbabbott3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Mehrdad,
>
> Thanks. When a door closes behind you, another door opens in front of
> you.
>
> I believe I have just been inducted into the Ancient and Honorable
> Society of Leica R10 Prototype Testers, with all the rights, duties,
> and privileges pertaining thereto.
>
> As ever,
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2007, at 9:10 AM, mehrdad wrote:
>
> ok here is a link to rob galbraith's site
>
> http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-8736-8825
>
> looks like DMR is done.i still want the 1.3
>
> On 2/4/07, drpuritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <drpuritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > As always, thanks for the detailed and informative reply David.
> >
> > Elliot
> >>
> >> From: David Young <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: 2007/02/04 Sun PM 12:41:06 EST
> >> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [LRflex] Re: IMPORTANT: Re: DMR Support, all together now.
> >>   please read
> >>
> >> Elliot wrote:
> >>> I'd be interested to hear from all of the very accomplished and
> >>> pleased DMR users.
> >>> Now I wonder about the R10.
> >>>
> >>> As an aside, I am visiting family in Boston and I stopped in at
> >>> Newtonville Camera, one of my favorite
> >>> "old time" photo stores.  Interesting to know that they are sold out
> >>> of M8 cameras, with no more
> >>> expected until April.  Also, no DMR modules in stock, or on the
> >>> horizon.
> >> Hi Elliot!
> >>
> >> As I mentioned to Mehrdad, the DMR is a fine picture making machine,
> >> even with it's existing firmware.  Just yesterday, while
> >> photographing the Polarthon (3km speed skate, 4 km run, 5km X-country
> >> ski) a photojournalism student, at nearby Three Rivers University,
> >> looked at the back panel of my DMR and exclaimed "Wow! I wish I could
> >> get colours like that with my Nikon ! "
> >>
> >> And, as mentioned in my earlier post, the DMRs remain available.
> >> However, few dealers are keen to stock it, as sales are slow.  Still,
> >> they can order them.  (There have been stories about dealers who did
> >> not support Leica with the DMR finding themselves "low on the totem
> >> pole", for M8 deliveries.  While this is a common practice in
> >> business, I have no way of knowing if it is true.)
> >>
> >> You need not wonder about the R10.  Leica's intention is to build
> >> both hardware and firmware for the R10 so that they avoid exactly the
> >> problems they are apparently having with Imacon.  No company can
> >> afford to be "held hostage" to another, as Leica are to Imacon,
> >> for the DMR.
> >>
> >> As previously mentioned, Leica are building up their "in house"
> >> expertise, for firmware, and now write their own code for their
> >> PanaLeicas.  However, at this point, they do not have the expertise
> >> to write firmware for the M8 or DMR.  They plan on having this in
> >> place for the R10.
> >>
> >> As an aside, rumours (and only rumours) have it that this is why the
> >> Sinar purchase fell through.  Leica thought they were getting
> >> Jenoptik's software group as part of the Sinar deal.  Jenoptik
> >> thought otherwise.  Had Leica got what they wanted, I'm pretty sure
> >> Leica would have offered lenses for Sinars - especially the Sinar-M
> >> and Sinar Hy6 (http://tinyurl.com/yp6pvo).  Purchasing Jenoptik's
> >> software group (who wrote the M8's firmware) would have quickly put
> >> them firmly in the digital game.  Alas; that, it seems, was not to
> >> be.
> >>
> >> As for the M8 ... well, despite it's problems (banding - cured by a
> >> recall; IR sensitivity - cured by filters; and noise - more noise at
> >> high ISO's than the DMR, it seems) it's initial, sold-out shipment
> >> totaled more units than I understand they've sold DMRs to date!  The
> >> M8 will, it seems, save Leica.  However, to be "a player" in the
> >> camera business, they must have a dSLR which works - and works very,
> >> very well.  The R10 is intended to be that camera. Short of the
> >> financial collapse of Leica (now not too likely, with ACM's ownership
> >> and the success of the M8), I think the future of the R10 is assured.
> >>
> >> In ACM, they have an owner with the deep pockets required to make it
> >> happen. In Steven Lee, they have a CEO capable of making it happen.
> >>
> >> Will it happen?  Only time will tell.  But, I hope so.
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> David Young,
> >> Logan Lake, CANADA
> >>
> >> Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
> >> Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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