- Bille Xavier F. - Philippe Amard (Phileicangenieux) - ;-) Bille Xavier F. wrote: >Hello Gang. > >It would be nice to have a SMALL SLR that accomodates the lens we just love. > >I would like to keep my R7 and I would be delighted to have another body, >Digital that accomodate my lenses. > >And more to the point, given the relative success of the EPSON R-D1, if a >similar product in the R system comes into the market, I'll be in the rank >to pre-order it. I have called it the SL2-D as a reference to the clever >SL2. > >The specification package of the RD1 is rather good. It is "only" 5 MP but >it proves sufficient if it can record the "Leica Glass feel". 6 or 7 MP, big >pixels would be cherry on a cake. But it does not need to record more than >a film of 400ISO Fuji in format 135. See I'm not that greedy :) > >Beside, there are lots and lots of R lenses settled in the dust on the >dealers shelves, at affordable prices > >With a crop factor of 1.5, a 24mm becomes a 36, a 28 becomes a 42mm (YES!, >love the 40mm), a 50 becomes a 75 (unusual in SLR but why not, close to 80 >though), etc. > >If ever a product like this comes to the market, we can dream to place a >LRFLEX list bulk order of 20 or 30 and get a discounted price :)) > >Sigh, I know, I am a dreamer.... > >Just got another idea : the Seiko step motors as seen on the RD1 could be >installed on the left side, next to the penta prism, replacing the ISO wheel >and the rewind mechanism. > >Time for my Pills, Nurse, please!!! > >Regards. >--------------------------------- >Xavier F. BILLE >Maisons-Alfort - France. > > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/