Philippe,
Yes, you are right, a range finder with an electronic viewfinder !
The solution of the ME is indeed a updated VisioFlex
The Fuji X Pro1 with it's very well enginnered X to M adapter is
seen as a potential threat by Leica.....
And the fuji XE1, i've reported to the list is certainly a good plug
in for the R lenses. Will fuji make a R to X adapter? the R system
was discontinued long ago to be in the public domain, so I hope.
All it needs for the fuji XE1 is a focus peaking system in the
viewfinder. It could come as a simulated range finder patch, two
colored circles to align horizontally. When the circles are aligned,
they dim out in a light and thin white patch. A press on the AFL
button would reactivate the function, it is reactivated after a
picture is taken or if the camera was put to sleep or change of mode
(P to M, A to M mode, for instance)
Of course, this is operated only when the RtoX adapted is mounted
and communicate with the body.
Sorry, I'm into functionnal requirements for designing a new system !
Fuji is not on the market to sale a body for lenses dating of the
LeicaFlex. The combination of their sensor and the quality of the
lens built for a format 3:2 albeit a different crop factor, is
certainly more "legacy" than anything else !
Waiting for the next Camera fair of Paris......
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From : Xavier F. BILLE
mail : hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Maisons Alfort - France
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From: philippe.amard@xxxxxx
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [LRflex] Re: 1917 + the new Leicas ...
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:39:10 +0200
Le 18 sept. 12 à 09:31, Bille Xavier F. a écrit :
Salut Philippe, messieurs les Flexers
A very nice collection !
And indeed, a good chance to visit the east of France while still
sitting on my butt by the Marne River.
For US listers, Verdun, another place that paid the high tribute
in the Great War is located in the "departement" (er, county) of
"Marne", the same river flows upstream.
From all the pictures, this one made me smile:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Doulce+France/Metz/MSM-MTZ-1038.jpg.html
It's a must have in all pubs where beer (much more than a
breakfast drink...) flows in.
It's sort of funny they exhibit such a piece of furniture, under a
glass dome, in the middle of the room.
Thanks Xavier :-)
The glass case is meant to prevent people from fizzily adding to its
artistic value ...
More on Duchamp's Fountain including a photograph by Stieglitz, eh oui!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_%28Duchamp%29>
Superb framing, I keep telling you every time but it's so true as
seen from my eye.
Ah, Girls and Motorbikes, Alice and Motobecane good use of a
wide angle :
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Doulce+France/Metz/MSM-MTZ-1034.jpg.html
I see your shadow, kneeling, just near the top of the front wheel,
with your shulder bag on the left side.....
I'm so sad they had cleaned the windows ;-)
OTT there are 2 - read TWO - new Leicas out there.
One of which claims to be "the adequate solution for R users" but is
no more than a PanaOly sort of contraption that would rank high in
Heath Robinson's complete works.
The add-on EVF is a joke - and the adaptor offers no AE for all I
know, etc.
Have any of their brilliant engineers ever used an R, or had a look
at the glorious VF of a Leicaflex? I'm still wondering.
AMitiés
Philippe, R9 Dieselless
Thanks !!!
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From : Xavier F. BILLE
mail :hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hot_billexf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Maisons Alfort - France
> From:philippe.amard@xxxxxx <mailto:philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
> To:olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] 1917 as seen by Centre Pompidou Metz - a
glimpse of ...
> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:42:28 +0200
> CC:leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We paid a visit to Le Centre Pompidou-Metz this morning for an
> exhibition focussed on the Year 1917.
> Greg will remember the place I think.
>
> So here is an very limited excerpt of the works and artefacts on
> display; the lead is that these works of art were created in the
very
> specific context of WWI.
> The result is a mix of military reminders, works of arts
produced by
> the population at large and by the soldiers themselves,
photographs
> and casts showing the atrocious conditions both sides to the
conflict
> lived in or survived with.
> It also includes pieces famous the world over and created on
that year
> 1917.
>
> My selection starts here:
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Doulce+France/Metz/MSM-MTZ-1058.jpg.html
>
> and proceeds to the right.
> Some may be better viewed LARGE.
>
> Bien cordialement de Metz, Lorraine
> Philippe
>
> More on the Center at
>http://www.centrepompidou-metz.fr/1917
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