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PhotographyBLOG links to a teaser article at a Leica magazine (it's only the first paragraph or two of a longer article in their hard copy magazine) which talks about a the new Leica Digital M system.
The expected release date of the Leica Digital M system is September 2006 (still quite a wait).
update: a commenter at PhotographyBLOG quotes part of the article (an interview with Leica's Stefan Daniel) in the magazine as follows:
"The digital M will basically maintain the size and the weight of a classic M, consisting of the same, high-quality materials and featuring the time-honoured optical rangefinder. In other words, it will remain an M, just without film. Of course, we had to solve the problem with the traditional cloth blind practically filling the entire M body, and since we wanted the digital M to maintain the same volume, we'll provice it with a metal-blade focal plane shutter.
Beyond that the digital M will have a focal length crop factor of 1.33. This technical constraint is necessary because our top priority is to deliver the utmost picture quality. Given the optical reality of M lenses and today's state of sensor technology, the ideal solution for our customers, a full-format sensor, would not live up to our high standards. This is particularly true for aspects such as vignetting and sharpness from image centre to corner. In this respect we've already reduced the thickness of the cover glass and filters located before the sensor to an absolute minimum so that laterally impacting light rays do not cause unwanted calculations. The radius of the micro lenses and their positioning before the sensor was designed in such a way that they channel as much light onto the pixel as possible. These measures and others ensure the picture quality that one has come to expect from the M system. The crop factor was selected so that the same picture angles are maintained - all one has to do is take a different lens: a 21mm turns intoa 28mm, a 28 into a 35. Having considered our options we are convinced that this is the best solution, in terms of attainable picture quality and - since the costs of a sensor increase exponentially to their size - in terms of the price of a digital M....
We want to present the digital M from the start as a complete package. Therefore, we will be introducing it together with attractive wide-angle solutions. These will be compatible with both digital and analogue camera bodies - in the future this will hold true for all of our lens developments.""
Posted by Darren in our News category on January 03, 2006