[LRflex] Re: More Mirrorless Leica R Camera Thoughts and Link
- From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 20:09:44 +0200
This is the part I hate most - as in nearly all "modern" cameras BTW
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonyslta55/images/controlsleft.jpg
Philippe, left handed and analog controls addict ;-)
Le 8 sept. 10 à 19:04, Richard Ward a écrit :
>
> Hello All,
> further notes and thoughts on what I previously posted regarding a
> 'Mirrorless' Leica Camera for providing a 'R' Solution. Some of the
> 'rumor'
> regarding this "camera" I came across talked about it being
> Autofocus, but NOT
> in the lens or lenses. Rather it does so by using a sensor shift
> design to
> achieve autofocus - presumably autofocusing with R lenses, too -
> which gives
> Leica an OUT card on having to design and build Autofocus lenses for
> it. If the
> 'camera' is a derivative of the 'nex' lineup this could give them an
> Autofocus M
> camera option as well because if it's based on the 'Nex' that
> camera's lens
> flange spec is rather minuscule.
> In my last email I noted a 'cool' Sony Alpha camera that recently
> came out
> "http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonyslta55/"; which has an 'slr'
> feel and look
> to it's design, but the viewfinder is all Digital. Frankly, hi-
> resolution LCD's
> have come a long way and it's starting to win converts in the camera
> field -
> there have been some interesting "I didn't think I'd like it, but
> do' comments
> on the CVUG mailing lists regarding Micro Four Thirds Digital
> Viewfinders. Not
> saying a 'real' mirror viewfinders doesn't have advantages, but
> these digital
> ones bring special abilities of their own and are closing the gaps
> they have
> with optical ones with each new generation.
>
> I think that with Leica sidelining it's FourThirds' camera and
> lens efforts,
> they can re-enter that market segment with a Leica Only effort which
> keeps their
> Cachet of terrific Manual Focus lenses but retains AF for the masses
> via sensor
> shift. Besides: when hasn't Leica loved delicate highly engineered
> focusing
> equipment! :-) Anyone here seen the specifications, tolerances, and
> blueprints,
> for Rangefinder Systems. Cams, prisms, mirrors, levers, gears, etc
> etc etc the
> miracle isn't that it's precise - the miracle is that it works at
> all! (Just a
> little Hyperbole to lighten the mood.)
>
> Whether 'Sony' is really working with Leica or not, who knows. If an
> announcement is made at/for Photokina, it's been beta tested in
> somebodies hands
> and they aren't talking. NDA anyone? I'm just saying that the
> underlying logic
> of sony having a microlens issue due to short lens flange spec's
> makes sense and
> partnering with Leica on 'projects' to gain some of their
> specialized knowledge
> on the problem also makes sense.
>
>
> Leica has never promised a good, a great, or a perfect 'R' solution,
> but the
> undeclared premise is a solution they can make money with. A
> mirrorless camera
> that can bayonet R lenses onto would work, especially Full Frame,
> but if it can
> take M lenses as well AND Auto Focus Them, too - it then becomes
> economically
> viable across product cycles without restarting R lens production. I
> also don't
> see with mirrorless cameras short-ass lens mounts an R lens adapter
> 'Tube' (and
> it would be a tube) can't include a stop down mechanism. If Leica's
> 'R' solution
> doesn't beat mount adapters for Canon/Nikon/Sony dSLR's on that
> point: What's
> the Point In Ever Buying One? Leica will have killed their unit
> volume to R
> buyers before they ever see one if they make the mistake of it not
> having an
> auto stop down function.
>
> peace
> R. in Michigan
>
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