Hi,
The lens is an old Hector. More information has surfaced
and the camera appears to be a prototype, for lack of a
better word, for a new digital rangefinder produced by Seiko
Epson, quite possibly based on the Bessa. It is on display,
so someone has said, at the PMA show, and a more formal
No, it's not a Leica. See my other post in response to
graywolf.
Alan Kerr wrote:
Its possibly the new Leica M-D
Alan
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Care to speculate on what it may be? Or perhaps someone can
read the Japanese site? The camera is shown with collapsible
Leica lenses, looks
Some comments from the Leica forums:
http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/2/48322.html?1076670181
http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/3/48321.html?1076663159
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007NBb
graywolf wrote:
Interesting. The lens appears to be an
And, it has a film advance lever and a rewind knob, no?
keith
Rob Studdert wrote:
On 12 Feb 2004 at 18:07, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcupdate/articles/0402/13/news003.html
Using on-line Japanese translation the header and first paragraph read:
PMA 2004
Epson,
I hope you're kidding. If not, that's just goofy. 8^O
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
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The film advance lever is supposed to be for setting the
Now that's cool!
- Original Message -
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: A Very Unusual Camera: Digital Rangefinder?
According to a post on the LUG, the rewind knob pages you
through the views of your
Hey, what a great idea, crank the film advance to recharge the battery enough
for one shot. Crank the rewind nob, (a lot), to recharge the battery for
many shots. I knew someone would think of that... (or it could just be
cosmetics
to make Luddites happier).
At 07:03 AM 2/13/04, you wrote:
I've just had an epiphany...
Cosina/Voigtländer in association with Epson is going to produce a digital
body with mechanical shutter cocking, (using the film advance lever), that
accepts Leica S mount lenses.
If this sells I'm sure that we'll see one from the same people with M mount
lenses.
If you read the translation it has a shutter cocking lever, and a mode knob.
Certainly using people power for the mechanical things would save battery life
for the electronics. However, it is entirely posible the thing is only a
conceptional mockup to check out response to the idea.
--
Steve
Its possibly the new Leica M-D
Alan
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Care to speculate on what it may be? Or perhaps someone can
read the Japanese site? The camera is shown with collapsible
Leica lenses, looks like a Bessa body, but it also appears
to be digital, and has an Epson nameplate:
On 12 Feb 2004 at 18:07, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcupdate/articles/0402/13/news003.html
Using on-line Japanese translation the header and first paragraph read:
PMA 2004
Epson, worldwide first range finder type digital camera
With PMA 2004 the SEIKO Epson, range finder
Interesting. The lens appears to be an old Leica Elmar. The camera looks, as you
say, like like a digital RF based upon the Bessa R. Wouldn't that be neat?
--
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Care to speculate on what it may be? Or perhaps someone can
read the Japanese site? The camera is shown with
Yes it would.
At 10:03 PM 2/12/04, you wrote:
Interesting. The lens appears to be an old Leica Elmar. The camera looks,
as you say, like like a digital RF based upon the Bessa R. Wouldn't that
be neat?
--
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Care to speculate on what it may be? Or perhaps someone can
read
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