David, Thanks for that very interesting report and speculation...
First of all, you do remember that this is the LUG list and not the
HUG list? Square stuff goes to HUG, rectangular stuff to LUG. Got it?
New mount is probably required, or at least, for some way of
auto-focusing the lens.....maybe those silent wave motors and some
more contacts on the back of the lens? Could preserve all the past
and look forward to the future......
24 lenses in development? Sounds a bit grandiose..... Must include
all the Panasonic "Leica" lenses, etc. 6 M lenses a year? What for?
Replacement for the 50 Summicron is probably first.....then what? All
the other focal lengths have recently been updated.....Maybe a few
more Summarits?
About time someone in Leica got their stuff together and properly
fixed the IR problem for the M8...... ( I told you so.....). Bet a
used M8 will be worth next to nothing once that gem comes
out.....Maybe I can afford a digital Leica.....!
And for that other speculation on the 40M pixels..... sounds close to
the 39MP back for a Hasselblad...... and for that matter, so does the
"larger than full frame" sensor..... makes me wonder of Leica and
Hasselblad ( or is that Leica and Hassel-Imacon ?) have something up
their sleeves.... Wouldn't that be interesting? MF Leica? I am
digging that idea!
Oh, well... in about a year, we will know........( maybe.)
Frank Filippone
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