Tuesday, March 15, 2005, 3:00:14 AM, Rob wrote:
RS> On 15 Mar 2005 at 11:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I'm new here so I don't anyone at all well and may be missing subtle humour.
>>
>> That R-D1 is a Voiglander Bessa R2 or similar with a sensor crammed into it
>> and
>> an Epson badge on the front. It does of course take the Leica mount lenses.
>>
>> The Bessa basis of the camera is one of the reasons the high introductory
>> price
>> was a bit of a suprise (at least to me).
RS> I assume that the Bessa basis of the camera had very little to do with the
RS> price point they selected. It was a joint development and they obviously
knew
RS> their market as the price they set certainly didn't seem to stifle sales
and it
RS> is the only current option for putting Leica M glass to work on a digital
body.
Also, IIRC the camera was sold as limited edition, with "only" 10 000
units to be made. Of course in a small market as that, that's not so
limited ;-)
I have high hopes about Cosina - either alone or in cooperation with
Zeiss brand they could produce a an even better digital rangefinder
one day (with enough megapixels to actually use the superb definition of the
lenses)... Until then, I am keeping my freezer full of film ;-)
Good light!
fra
