[LRflex] Re: Patent by Steven K. Lee
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:58:12 +0100
Hello David (Good afternoon from Hannover)
The only other way I see for AF is some sort of "Motorised AF Muff" to
go between the camera and the existing lenses, and linking up to the
focussing ring.
I envisage this as being an extremely ugly solution - Maybe Leica will
go in a completely different direction - no longer an SLR as we know it
- like Rollei were brave enough to do with their radical, wonderful to
handle and versatile SL2000F.
Cheers
Douglas
David Young wrote:
> At 29/01/2007, you wrote:
>
>> It will be a hard job David,
>> there are quite a few Steven K Lees, Stephen K Lees, Steve K Lees, SK
>> Lees S.K. Lees.
>> Many of them to do with the audio and computer industry (digital
>> watermarking) and even a technical and scientific law specialist of the
>> same name.
>> Best of luck, I couldn't find anything definitive.
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>
>
> G'Mornin' Douglas!
>
> Heck... if you leave out the "K", you get a gazillion of
> 'em! Obviously a very popular name.
>
> I don't *really* think that the Steven K Lee in the patent is "our"
> Steven K. Lee, but the coincidence of an autofocus system and his now
> leading a firm that is possibly headed in the AF direction, seemed
> just too good to be true!
>
> That being said, if Leica were to go to AF, this would be an
> interesting way to go about it. They might even be able to do it
> with existing lenses. Certainly, the Contax N method (the only other
> commercialized method for putting AF "in the camera") didn't seem to
> be (a) reliable or (b) commercially successful.
>
> As Tom Schofield said:
>
>
>> Sounds like the idea is that the Modular lens system
>> Leica has now for 280 2.8 and larger lenses, could
>> potentially be sold for N, C, Sony, Pentax, etc. by
>> selling the focusing modules made for each respective
>> camera system, Like a very sophisticated adapatall
>> mount.
>>
>
> What a great way to make a set of lenses, which are magnificent but
> priced only for the pros, much more marketable!
>
> For smaller lenses, it might be possible to build the AF "focusing
> module", while using Leica's existing lens designs in new lens heads
> to fit. The machining would all be new, but the optical stuff would
> stay the same... a very low cost way to provide AF in new lenses
> while maintaining mount compatibility with our existing MF lenses.
>
> I wonder if Leica have even seen this idea?
>
> This is almost as good as being an "armchair quarterback"! ;-)
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
>
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