WARNING - The silly season has begun.

[tlitody]

Talk of the next Photokina and future camera releases has begun. Please extract head from A**E before taking any of it too seriously and opening gob.

[ItsReallyDarren]

If only X made the XX camera and priced it at $XXX. I would totally buy it!! If they don't make it they are dumb.

[kdemas]

If only X made the XX camera and priced it at $XXX. I would totally buy it!! If they don't make it they are dumb.

LMAO! Perfect Darren.

[Roberto V.]

If only X made the XX camera and priced it at $XXX. I would totally buy it!! If they don't make it they are dumb.

Voigtlander should make a digital full frame RF and sell it for $1000.





:bang:

[tlitody]

Nice to see everyone entering into the spirit of the season (so far) :D

[andredossantos]

Well, I heard that the FF digital Voigtlander Rangefinder is sorely lacking in build quality. How would it ever survive the hard use it will surely endure as I photograph my cat parked on the sofa?!?!

[Dr Gaspar]

If only X made the XX camera and priced it at $XXX. I would totally buy it!! If they don't make it they are dumb.Are you talking about the XX100? :D

[TXForester]

future camera releases has begun

You mean the new pro m4/3 with clean ISO 64.0*10E07 ? :D

[Phil_F_NM]

We all know that kodak, Leica, Zeiss, Hasselblad, Fuji, Cosina, Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Sony all have large numbers of their staff constantly checking the buzz on the rangefinder and other arcane photographic communities in order to stay ahead of each other and create the products we want.
That's why Nikon is building a full frame digital SP complete with manual shutter cocking and original titanium shutter blinds taken from F bodies (this is of course the reason why so few Nikon F's have been for sale lately, the home office is buying them up.)

I heard from a friend of mine that they are releasing a 40th anniversary F2-AS-D. An F2, with a DP-12 finder and full frame digital sensor.

Also, Kodak is bringing back Panatomic X as their flagship black and white film.

This is the whole reason we all complain so much! They are finally listening to us and what this incredibly small sector of the photographic market wants to use. They'd be crazy not to listen!
Good times.

Phil Forrest

[menos]

Well, I heard that the FF digital Voigtlander Rangefinder is sorely lacking in build quality. How would it ever survive the hard use it will surely endure as I photograph my cat parked on the sofa?!?!

You sure? I heard, it will have weather stealing and will have a higher res sensor than the M9-P!

Should I sell my new M9 and wait for the Voigtlander digital or should I sell the M9, buy a M9-P now and wait for the Voigtlander, reducing my shutter count to the minimum, to retain a better resale value for the Leica, when the Voigtlander is introduced at Photokina?

I can't find any previews for the life of it about the new Voigtlander … WHAT IS GOING ON?
:D

[Sparrow]

If only X made the XX camera and priced it at $XXX. I would totally buy it!! If they don't make it they are dumb.

Well yes I'd buy it too, but the noise at XXXXXXX-ISO is a real deal breaker for me ....

[cambolt]

OMG! da new nikon d4! It has 24mp but i wont buy it cos only does 15fps and i want 30fps like i can get from my $30 movie camera lawl roflmao lol trololololololloloolololol NOOB!

[Ezzie]

I'd buy the CV FF digital M-mount RF for a $1000, if all the buttons can be moved around physically and configured to my taste. Has a bright .50-1.0 zoom 100% coverage VF. Has parallax corrected pop-up framlines for 12, 15, 21, 25, 28, 35, 40, 50, 75, 90 and 135mm lenses. TTL metering, centre weighted, matrix and configurable spot. VF information is fully configurable, including posiibility for DoF scale, f-stops and shutter speeds - no matter the lens. The sensor is interchangeable, and first version is B+W sensitive only, built in ND and IR filters. Has 40Mpix, choice of 1:1, 3:2 and 4:3 formats, dynamic range of 15 stops, and no visible noise up to ISO 102400, adaptive microlenses for auto lens distortion corrections. 3.5" 2Mpix LCD. Works without a battery at all speeds. And a manual lever wind!

[acheyj]

Hey ! great news on the new Nikon digital SP ( DSP ? ). Will now wait for it and cancel my search for a usable Contax IIa. Looks like I,m going digital as Ken would say hoo hoo !

ron

[Neare]

I heard somewhere along the grapevine that Contax is being revived.

[tlitody]

I heard somewhere along the grapevine that Contax is being revived.

Blasphemy:p

[hamustar]

Zeiss will be unveiling their 18MP Full-frame DigIkon , together with new range of 6-bit coding on their lenses. Alternatively, you can manually select in-camera for the ZM lenses. It will have a 2.5" Gorilla Glass LCD display.
Available in Steel Black or Silver Paint.

Gee...where did i see these specs before?

[oftheherd]

I'd buy the CV FF digital M-mount RF for a $1000, if all the buttons can be moved around physically and configured to my taste. Has a bright .50-1.0 zoom 100% coverage VF. Has parallax corrected pop-up framlines for 12, 15, 21, 25, 28, 35, 40, 50, 75, 90 and 135mm lenses. TTL metering, centre weighted, matrix and configurable spot. VF information is fully configurable, including posiibility for DoF scale, f-stops and shutter speeds - no matter the lens. The sensor is interchangeable, and first version is B+W sensitive only, built in ND and IR filters. Has 40Mpix, choice of 1:1, 3:2 and 4:3 formats, dynamic range of 15 stops, and no visible noise up to ISO 102400, adaptive microlenses for auto lens distortion corrections. 3.5" 2Mpix LCD. Works without a battery at all speeds. And a manual lever wind!

Took the words right out of my mouth sir!

[PhotoMat]

Well, I heard that the FF digital Voigtlander Rangefinder is sorely lacking in build quality. How would it ever survive the hard use it will surely endure as I photograph my cat parked on the sofa?!?!

I think that you may want to double-check your sources. The version that you are referring to is the "prosumer" model that has 12 gb of built-in memory with pre-loaded cat images. This camera is intended to remain tethered to a computer so that the user can quickly and conveniently post cat photos to their internet forum of choice.

An all-metal "pro" version of this camera, intended for physical use, is still under product development. Apparently, to increase the write speed to the buffer, they are unable to include a full 12 gb of built-in cat images, which is totally unacceptable to the Voigtlander marketing folks. However, they hope to have this "cat"alogue issue resolved soon, so that the pro version may be released no later than six months from the introduction of the prosumer model.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

[porktaco]

You Guys Just Don't Get It. Quit Being A Fanboi Omg. The Real World Doesn't Work Like That And Your Stupid Company Is Being Stupid About Its Stupid Products, You Stupid Stupidheads.

[randolph45]

Hey I'm easy to please as long as the camera has a cup holder for my coffee.Spill proof of course:D

[menos]

I just wrote an open letter to Leica about the top ten things that suck about the M10.

Haha!

porktaco - :D:D:D

[manfromh]

The Russians are coming out with a digital rangefinder. True story. *nods*
Better not use the slow shutter speeds.

[Jamie Pillers]

Darren, I feel the same way... and I've been waiting 5 yrs. for this baby!!

[Jamie Pillers]

You sure? I heard, it will have weather stealing and will have a higher res sensor than the M9-P!

Should I sell my new M9 and wait for the Voigtlander digital or should I sell the M9, buy a M9-P now and wait for the Voigtlander, reducing my shutter count to the minimum, to retain a better resale value for the Leica, when the Voigtlander is introduced at Photokina?

I can't find any previews for the life of it about the new Voigtlander … WHAT IS GOING ON?
:D
Menos, I think you've hit on a GREAT idea here!! In order to help our fellow photogs reduce shutter count to minimum, let's start a camera leasing business. When cameras are returned with shutter counts in excess of, say, 500, leasee pays big bucks. :-)

[Jamie Pillers]

The Russians are coming out with a digital rangefinder. True story. *nods*
Better not use the slow shutter speeds.
I can't wait for the Luftwaffen copies!

[tlitody]

I've got my preorder in for the first Linhof venture into digital backs. It's got the new GIGO sensor which is claimed to be higher resolution than anything todate. It should give the Hasselblad H5 RTFM digital back a run for its money.

[tlitody]

I rekon Keith will be the first to get the Fuji SNAFU sensor in his X100 MKIII

[Phil_F_NM]

I can't wait for the Luftwaffen copies!

Are you insinuating that the wartime gray Leica M9-K is not authentic?

Phil Forrest