[LRFlex] Re: Update on the digital back for the Leica R8/9 (DMR)]
- From: "Dr. Elliot Puritz" <drpuritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:00:20 -0400
thanks...$5,000 bucks I think...
Elliot
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From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
To: "DUG" <DUG@xxxxxxxxxx>; "LRFlex" <LeicaReflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 6:56 PM
Subject: [LRFlex] Update on the digital back for the Leica R8/9 (DMR)]
> from another group ... LUG and fyi
> Hi all,
> last weekend about 50 members of the German leica
> customer forum had a
> meeting at Leica in Solms. On this occasion we
> were presented the first
> WORKING prototype of the digital back for the
> Leica R8/9.
> I even had the opportunity to mount the DMR onto
> my own R8 and shoot some
> pictures with it! :-)
> The combination DMR + R8 appears to be a bit
> LIGHTER than the R8 with its
> conventional motor drive. This was achieved by
> using a lithium ion
> rechargable battery pack, which weights only an
> estimated 100g (3 ounces).
> Exchanging of the DMR is quite straight forward
> and fast. First the motor
> unit (for cocking the shutter) has to be removed.
> This is done by means of a
> special tool that also serves as protecting cover
> for the CCD chip (clicks
> in place over the chip).
> The good accessibility of the CCD unit will allow
> for easy dust removal
> (e.g. by air pressure). I think this is a big
> advantage compared to
> conventional digital SLRs, where the dust is only
> blown from one corner of
> the body to another corner.
> The imaging software was not jet completely
> finished and thus the final
> image quality could not jet obtainted at this
> stage of development.
> Therfore, Leica did not allow us to store or print
> out any of the images we
> took. I think this is very understandable. But at
> least we could see the
> images on the display and thus we know it really
> works :-)
> Based on what I've seen, I'm very confident that
> the DMR will be ready for
> sale in fall and I'm also confident that it will
> be a success! Folks, start
> saving your bucks! ;-))
> Regards,
> Alexander
>
>
>
>
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