On 16 Sep 2004 at 7:47, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

> For those interested, see story at BJP:
> 
> http://db.riskwaters.com/public/showPage.html?page=190734
> 
> Read carefully what it says about the digital solution for the M 
> system. It sounds like this will not be a digital back to fit existing 
> M cameras, but a digital body to accept M lenses.

That's OK as long as it's fully compatible with the M lenses (not difficult) we 
should be able to hear the collective sigh or relief from M glass owners all 
over the world :-)

Hanns-Peter obviously hasn't adopted Pentax marketing strategies, from the 
article referring to the R back:

"Leica CEO Hanns-Peter Cohn commented: 'This hybrid product links the decades 
of investment of our customers in lenses and cameras for film-based photography 
to the progress made in digital technology.'"


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