Michael Geschlecht Posted November 28, 2013 Share #21  Posted November 28, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello Everybody,  Leica buying Sinar seems reasonable to me.  Sinar is a company that has a highly skilled workforce who are familiar with all of the aspects of photographic equipment production at Leica's level of quality, optically, electronically & mechanically. They also already have the facilities for their production.  Sinar is geographically reasonably close to Leica's German Facilities & both sets of workers & management share a common language & culture.  Medium to large format is a declining market while Leica's market is expanding.  So here we have highly skilled people who already come with appropriate knowledge & experience, as well as facilities, who can be reasonably easily integrated into Leica's existing production stream & don't live too far away.  Certainly a step up from having to take in new people who are just beginning their careers & providing them training & then waiting for them to devlop their potential thu requisite experience. Along with needing to build additional facilities.  Win, Win for everyone on all sides. Production can be increased at an even higher rate with an even higher quality right from the beginning.  People can transition from 1 format to the other, or not, as circumstances change.  Too bad Sinar recently moved from right here near me. They were located in a town which is called Edison, named for Thomas. Just a few minutes away from my Firehouse.  Best Regards,  Michael  Who lives in the Town which is entirely surrounded by the somewhat lumpy donut which is named for Thomas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tobey bilek Posted December 1, 2013 Share #22 Â Posted December 1, 2013 Shorter focal length lenses optimized for digital and a way to mount an S2 on the rear standard. Â We can already do this with Cambo from Calumet. Â Maybe increase 35 mm or S production with new facilities to cut down on shipping from current sub assembly points. Â Maybe S2 production move to Sinar to free up production space for M. Â Maybe they believe they can increase big camera demand. HOWEVER I THOUGHT photo buyers were looking for cheap now. Â Time will tell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintola Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share #23  Posted December 1, 2013 Shorter focal length lenses optimized for digital and a way to mount an S2 on the rear standard.  We can already do this with Cambo from Calumet.   This one they already have for the S:  Sinar Photography  - vintola - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted December 1, 2013 Share #24 Â Posted December 1, 2013 Hello Everybody, Â Among other things Sinar is known for mechanical excellence. Â Perhaps 1 area in which Sinar & its already highly skilled staff could be useful could be to expand the manufacture of precision mechanical components, such as lens helicals. Specifically for complex, precise designs such as floating element focussing mounts & the like. There will also be a need for other precision mechanical components to allow the broad spectrum of interface necessary in order to most advantageously use various lenses, mechanisms, etc with the M240 & its successors. Â Best Regards, Â Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted December 1, 2013 Share #25 Â Posted December 1, 2013 It would be amazing if Leica could resurrect the Hy-6. It is a phenomenal design that showed a hell of a lot of promise. I'm not sure wether Sinar own it outright from Rollei though. Â That would literally make Leica a one stop shop for me and I would gladly sell up the Hasselblad for it. Either way Im really excited to see where Leica go with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted December 4, 2013 Share #26  Posted December 4, 2013 It should be interesting to see if this gear shows up in the Leica stores.  Additionally, I haven't used a recent Sinar MF back, but looking at the photos and specs, they look kind of primitive compared to Phase One and Leaf backs. (Leaf is owned by Phase One.) I am no expert on MF backs but I think Sinar's best MF back is 36mm x 48mm and 49MP and has no LCD. The Phase One IQ280 is 40.4mm x 53.7mm and 80MP with a 1.15 megapixel LCD touch screen. Some Sinar backs have a multishot feature that you'll have to read about on your own. I know Phase One's software (Capture One) and really like it but can't say I know anything about Sinar's software. Maybe the Sinar digital stuff works real well but I don't know anyone using it.  To answer Luigi's question, I think all Sinar backs use Dalsa sensors.  I would not say that Sinar Digital backs are primitive. I would use the word specialized In the way the M-Camera is specialized. The lack of the display is not limiting, anyway the M and P3 are usually used in the studio and tethering is still the norm. The display adds noise and the purity of the Sinar Multi shot backs is liberating. You have the studio, your light and modifiers, your p3 and your digital back, you can move your focal plane, use all the camera movements and still work in the digital workflow ( with true color and no moire) .  I would use my Leica-S if I need to shoot people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc_rufctr Posted December 6, 2013 Share #27  Posted December 6, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) It would be amazing if Leica could resurrect the Hy-6. It is a phenomenal design that showed a hell of a lot of promise. I'm not sure wether Sinar own it outright from Rollei though. That would literally make Leica a one stop shop for me and I would gladly sell up the Hasselblad for it. Either way Im really excited to see where Leica go with this.  A new Hy-6? That would be a dream come true for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted December 6, 2013 Share #28  Posted December 6, 2013 It would be amazing if Leica could resurrect the Hy-6. It is a phenomenal design that showed a hell of a lot of promise. I'm not sure wether Sinar own it outright from Rollei though. That would literally make Leica a one stop shop for me and I would gladly sell up the Hasselblad for it. Either way Im really excited to see where Leica go with this.  The problem with 6x6 camaras is that there are not 6x6 backs.  The 645 format is the limit for now.  CMOS sensors may be formed by adding up smaller CMOS pieces... so maybe, in the future... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted January 15, 2014 Share #29  Posted January 15, 2014 Look at Sinar's web site: Sinar Photography Capture Flow – the Latest Technology and Straight-Through Color Management.  Color Management expertise and know-how could be very beneficial for Leica as a company (and its Leica-M 240 in particular). I also hope to get a reliable tethering for the S-model, at last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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