old_admin_CI
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After the press release, this thread is open for any discussions about the news...
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What do you think Leica will announce
- Thread starter dirk
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It is no rumour anymore! Leica today announced officially that they will offer a digital back for the R9/R8 in 2004.
But hold on - it will cost ca. 4500 Euro and it will be offered at the Photokina in 2004, which means September/October 2004! Also the wording "present", means they will show something, but it is still unclear whether this will also be available at that time
Leica will design/produce this digital back together with Imacon and Kodak. It will have a 10MP chip, 26,4 x 17,6 mm (factor 1,37x). The Iso will be 100-800, it will have a LCD colour screen, Firewire and SD card slot. A "power unit" will be offered too.
So all in all IMHO very disappointing. It is basically the same information we announced already under the cover "rumour" and the same negative points are still there:
- Price. Will be changed anyway til we see it in the shelves.
- Timeframe. To announce something in the digital world 15 months ahead is ridicilous.
- Specs. Sounds now great, but the competition will have offered 2 more digital-generations within that timeframe and nobody knows what the the then-current standard will be.
Dirk
But hold on - it will cost ca. 4500 Euro and it will be offered at the Photokina in 2004, which means September/October 2004! Also the wording "present", means they will show something, but it is still unclear whether this will also be available at that time
Leica will design/produce this digital back together with Imacon and Kodak. It will have a 10MP chip, 26,4 x 17,6 mm (factor 1,37x). The Iso will be 100-800, it will have a LCD colour screen, Firewire and SD card slot. A "power unit" will be offered too.
So all in all IMHO very disappointing. It is basically the same information we announced already under the cover "rumour" and the same negative points are still there:
- Price. Will be changed anyway til we see it in the shelves.
- Timeframe. To announce something in the digital world 15 months ahead is ridicilous.
- Specs. Sounds now great, but the competition will have offered 2 more digital-generations within that timeframe and nobody knows what the the then-current standard will be.
Dirk
albert4321
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Digital Back from Lecia for 4500 Euro is not bad. But I agree with Dirk that the spec is not that impressive even for today's standard. However, on paper, 10meg with 1.3x is good enough for me. I would buy it now. But in 15 month, everything changes in the digital world.
I am happy to see Lecia entering the DSRL domain.
I am happy to see Lecia entering the DSRL domain.
... we will continue this discussion in the leica R-digital-Back-thread:
http://www.leicainfo.com/discus/read.php?file=/14047/42021.html
http://www.leicainfo.com/discus/read.php?file=/14047/42021.html