Quite frankly, I don't think a 4/3rds camera is the sole answer to Leica's digital problems. At the very least they will need to have a full, or nearly ful-frame sensor system, to replace the current R line, and perhaps market a 4/3rds Panasonic based system in parallel. All MHO, of course. On 12/05/07, phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There's already one on the market if my hypothsis of a 4/3 mount is valid. > > This picture - http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/83777-1/PAW-19-Bugs-Me.jpg= > - was taken with an R Macro Elmarit on a 4/3 camera using an adaptor, you= > have no fear to have then if it is Leica's plans to use the mount and the= > lenses they are now relasing or have said they will such as the 25 summi = > or the 14-150 stabilzed and autofocus (wink). > > Olympus are working on a pro-camera, and Panasonic are announcing a new re= > flex for 2008, does all this strike a bell? > > Yours > Phil...x > > > > ----Message d'origine---- > >De: =22Nicolas=22 <nicolas=40royalsupra.eu> > >A: <leicareflex=40freelists.org> > >Sujet: =5BLRflex=5D Re: Interview with Steven K. Lee (current issue of Le= > ica Fotografie) > >Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 20:29:35 +0200 > > > >So AF and reduced body size are on the way... > >Bad news because of AF, hope that at least an adapter for R mount will be > >provided if the mount is changed. > > > >-----Message d'origine----- > >De : leicareflex-bounce=40freelists.org > >=5Bmailto:leicareflex-bounce=40freelists.org=5DDe la part de a aa > >Envoy=E9 : samedi 12 mai 2007 20:07 > >=C0 : leicareflex=40freelists.org > >Objet : =5BLRflex=5D Re: Interview with Steven K. Lee (current issue of > >Leica Fotografie) > > > > > >I interpret this to mean they will release 'cost effective' lenses for > >the R , not unlike the 28 Elmarit Asph, which are not necessarily > >performance-first designs. If so, why bother with Leica R when Canon, > >Nikon & CZ all offer optics adhering more or less to this philosophy? > > > >Further, the indications are ever stronger that AF is coming? Will > >this mean a new lens mount? > > > >A troubling interview for current R system owners. Time to sell? > > > >------ > >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > > http://www3.telus.net/=7Etelyt/lrflex.htm > >Archives are at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Noos, votre bureau virtuel sur Internet : Mail... > Web : webmail.noos.fr > > ------ > 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/