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 announcement (probably including specs and price) is due some time in March. This has got many Leica aficionados either drooling or cursing, since Leica has said up until quite recently that a digital M was not possible. They are now promising one in a couple of years.
shel graywolf 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 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: > > > > http://www.itmedia.co.jp/pcupdate/articles/0402/13 > > /news003.html > > > > Shel Belinkoff
