> On 25 October 2018 at 23:01 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > Barbarian! The best Leicas don't have a red dot.
Ah, yes. The world-renowned Kommando series. > > > On 25 Oct 2018, at 17:46, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On 25 October 2018 at 17:29 Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Beautiful! > > > > I'm not getting that. Functional, maybe, and well-finished. But the > > advance lever is just ugly. And only a tiny red dot on the back for your > > 8K. > > > >> > >>> On 25 Oct 2018, at 17:21, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Slightly off-topic for PDML, but I thought BobW, Cotty, and maybe a > >>>> couple others might be interested. > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> This is a new take on the "M-mount digital camera" that I saw on Leica > >>>> Rumors: https://pixii.fr. > >>>> > >>>> Rangefinder, manual focus and exposure, no LCD, 256G built-in memory > >>>> only, WiFi connect for data transfer, etc. They don't list a sensor > >>>> format and Mpixel yet, but rumor has it that it's an APS-C format with > >>>> 12 to 16 Mpixels. Another information update is supposedly due soon. > >>> > >>> Has anyone yet mentioned that Leica has since announced that they're > >>> making essentially the same kind of camera? > >>> https://petapixel.com/2018/10/24/leica-m10-d-a-minimalist-analog-body-with-wi-fi-instead-of-an-lcd/ > >>> > >>> Minimalist. No LCD. WiFi only. > >>> It's 24MP full-frame. (I can's see myself using a Leica rangefinder > >>> with Leica lenses if not full frame - just doesn't "feel" right to > >>> me.) > >>> > >>> Of course, being Leica, the *price* isn't minimalist: 8 grand. > >>> > >>> If not for the price I could quite see myself using one of these. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
