jaapv Posted July 6, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 6, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Found the link in the German forum - I'm speechless... http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://leica-camera.com.ua/products/m-system/underwater.html&sl=ru&tl=en Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ianman Posted July 6, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 6, 2010 Found the link in the German forum - I'm speechless... http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://leica-camera.com.ua/products/m-system/underwater.html&sl=ru&tl=en blublubblub 50mm bluuubblulblubub rangeblub bluub blub. Blub ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted July 6, 2010 Share #3 Posted July 6, 2010 For €6000 I can have one custom built - but it still won't work:D. Thinking about it, I have an old F90 housing the would easily fit an M......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbaron Posted July 6, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 6, 2010 If you consider the fact that most underwater photographers will flood at least one camera, it's a pretty pricy exercise. It certainly would make a big splash! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mby Posted July 6, 2010 Share #5 Posted July 6, 2010 (...) It certainly would make a big splash! :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesop Posted July 6, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 6, 2010 ...I'm guessing this pretty little pooch is strictly for the M8/9, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 6, 2010 Share #7 Posted July 6, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) From my own experience I must say Red Baron is correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted July 6, 2010 Share #8 Posted July 6, 2010 Well, I did flood an old Nikon F801 many years ago but housings are pretty good these days (I sell them and if they flooded I wouldn't!). The problem here is; how would you use a rangefinder underwater? And why would you want to? It just doesn't make sense:eek:. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZDavid Posted July 6, 2010 Share #9 Posted July 6, 2010 6000 euros without the camera? Nikonos had an excellent reputation, not sure if they ever produced a digital model though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted July 6, 2010 Share #10 Posted July 6, 2010 Great, apart from the fact that it won't fit into a typical executive briefcase, when will Leica address the Market need for a water resistant executive stylee faux gold trimmed range of accessories???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 6, 2010 Share #11 Posted July 6, 2010 The Nikonos was always a rangfinder with interchangeable lenses. Nikon never made a digital underwater (self enclosed) camera, though they briefly had a film SLR that was self enclosed. A very impressive but touchy unit that most owners ended up selling or buying two to maintain one working. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbaron Posted July 6, 2010 Share #12 Posted July 6, 2010 Just a slight technical point, Stuart. The Nikonos was a viewfinder camera without a rangefinder. Setting the focus was by scale only. The viewfinder had no indication of focus setting. The beauty of the system was the moving depth of field scale that was linked to the aperture. As you changed the aperture (black knob) the red indicators widened or narrowed either side of the focus point. (photo and further explanation provided for other's interest, more than anything) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mby Posted July 7, 2010 Share #13 Posted July 7, 2010 The Nikonos was always a rangfinder with interchangeable lenses. Nikon never made a digital underwater (self enclosed) camera, though they briefly had a film SLR that was self enclosed. A very impressive but touchy unit that most owners ended up selling or buying two to maintain one working. Dear Stuart, I've to disagree with that, albeit it wasn't really mass-production: Kodak DCS 425 Digital Nikonos (1996) - NikonWeb.com Best, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted July 7, 2010 Share #14 Posted July 7, 2010 I have posted this before but if anyone's interested in the Nikonos/Leica connection (the Nikonos did indeed use a rangefinder lens) then take a look at: Paul Kay Photography Links and download the RPS Journal Calypsophot pdf which is something of a history of the development of what turned into the Nikonos. The problem with housing an M camera is that there are far, far better solutions out there with none of the major problems associated with using a rangefinder underwater. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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