DFV Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share #21 Posted January 11, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Are the SM Leicas beautiful sculptures in mechanical engineering? Absolutely. (so are the Canon versions, for the most part) I haven't used one since 1974 - but I can still concede the artistry of the details and form: Leica IIIf RD ST Suppose the X-1 had picked up some of the design cues from a IIIc/IIIf, instead of being sort of a hash of the M8/9, "O" series, and Digilux 2? (If you think my version is ugly - I won't disagree. Not happy yet with the handling of the viewfinder hump where it meets the flash. I don't claim to be God's gift to industrial design - at least not just messing around in PS on a Sunday afternoon. ) Wow! Good job for a Sunday afternoon... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Hi DFV, Take a look here Leica IIIf Digital. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jsrockit Posted January 11, 2010 Share #22 Posted January 11, 2010 I think the X1 is the closest we are going to get... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kievnut Posted January 18, 2010 Share #23 Posted January 18, 2010 Too bad the Russians aren't making Leica clones any more otherwise they may put a digital sensor behind the Fed or Zorki (they only have the Leica II bodies.... ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted January 18, 2010 Share #24 Posted January 18, 2010 Too bad the Russians aren't making Leica clones any more otherwise they may put a digital sensor behind the Fed or Zorki (they only have the Leica II bodies.... ) Oh man, that would be great... I would take a digital Leica clone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted January 18, 2010 Share #25 Posted January 18, 2010 Oh man, that would be great... I would take a digital Leica clone! I have a still better proposal. My parents gave me a IIf for my exam in 1959. Some years later we let Leitz upgrade the camera to a IIIf. I still have this camera and it is in a perfect condition. Couldn't Leica upgrade it to a IIIf-Digital? I would be happy with an X1-sensor. Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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