tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post4974209428912534564..comments2024-03-27T11:02:08.037-05:00Comments on LEICA Barnack Berek Blog: SENSATIONAL AUTOFOCUS LEICA M-AFLEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-44764439362889378322014-04-02T13:37:12.063-05:002014-04-02T13:37:12.063-05:00Luckily this kind of thinking does not prevail at ...Luckily this kind of thinking does not prevail at Leica Camera AG any longer.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-57845731019962934452014-04-02T08:57:00.879-05:002014-04-02T08:57:00.879-05:00Why is it that some Leica owners can't see tha...Why is it that some Leica owners can't see that their ultra conservative demands ultimately work against the well being of the company?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-33353830434973911132014-04-01T12:29:53.290-05:002014-04-01T12:29:53.290-05:00Considering the comments here, I think you are sol...Considering the comments here, I think you are solidly in a minority. Besides, for those who prefer rangefinder focusing, there are the Leica M, the Leica ME and the Leica M Monochrom. However, it is a myopic approach to changes in the marketplace that almost brought Leica to its knees a few years back. Then the thinking was that digital photography was not desired by Leica owners. As it turned out, the switch to digital photography is what ultimately saved Leica. Offering an M Leica with autofocus would certainly expand the market for that camera and its lenses.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-30792413704178960092014-04-01T12:25:06.241-05:002014-04-01T12:25:06.241-05:00Leica users don't need autofocus. They want t...Leica users don't need autofocus. They want the rangefinder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-41186508393363294172014-04-01T12:22:44.231-05:002014-04-01T12:22:44.231-05:00Possibly, but that would alter the focal length of...Possibly, but that would alter the focal length of the lens in use. More importantly, it would introduce an optical system that the lens was not designed for. It would inevitably lead to a deterioration of the image quality, however small it might be. This reminds me if the reaction of one of Leica's lens designers when I asked him about filters. He gave me a stern look and said, "if we had intended for Leica lenses to have a flat piece of glass in front, we would have designed them that way." I very much doubt that anyone at Leica would be willing to go beyond a flat piece of glass.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-26300606488470587802014-04-01T12:18:15.980-05:002014-04-01T12:18:15.980-05:00Would it be possible to add an optical element ins...Would it be possible to add an optical element inside the camera to allow for autofocus?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-59945708300752275652014-04-01T11:56:18.763-05:002014-04-01T11:56:18.763-05:00No. It would increase the thickness of the camera ...No. It would increase the thickness of the camera body substantially. If you look at any Leica M camera, the body thickness accommodates the lenses at infinity. For anything closer, the sensor would have to move further back, subsequently requiring a noticeable increase in thickness of the camera. By the way, this was done years ago in one of the Contax SLR cameras. It worked, but the camera was rather unhandy because of the increase in body thickness. If I recall correctly, that added almost an inch to the camera.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-86784640156368742042014-04-01T11:51:26.886-05:002014-04-01T11:51:26.886-05:00As long as we are dreaming, wouldn't it make m...As long as we are dreaming, wouldn't it make more sense to move the sensor to gain autoficus. That would eliminate making the lens mount heavy duty enough for long lenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-50696137536210620392014-04-01T11:40:36.175-05:002014-04-01T11:40:36.175-05:00Yes it was. Just type in Leicar in the search bar...Yes it was. Just type in Leicar in the search bar on top.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-51122654025870358612014-04-01T11:38:57.956-05:002014-04-01T11:38:57.956-05:00LOL Leica M and Laica A is great. Was that on Ap...LOL Leica M and Laica A is great. Was that on April 1, 2012?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-37136322947754621232014-04-01T11:35:54.879-05:002014-04-01T11:35:54.879-05:00Well, a good imagination and a lot of Photoshop. ...Well, a good imagination and a lot of Photoshop. Yes, I did write about the Leicar, the Leicar M with manual transmission and the Leicar A with automatic. I am now wondering what I might come up with next year.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-11541352344675152952014-04-01T11:33:23.229-05:002014-04-01T11:33:23.229-05:00How do you come up with this stuff? I remember la...How do you come up with this stuff? I remember last year's Leica SM and now this. didn't you write about Leica building cars at one point also?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-14386508974011992832014-04-01T11:19:21.656-05:002014-04-01T11:19:21.656-05:00Leica should build this camera.Leica should build this camera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-7633707790122773002014-04-01T10:46:21.376-05:002014-04-01T10:46:21.376-05:00One would be the actual focusing mount. In the ma...One would be the actual focusing mount. In the manner I described, it would require a relatively powerful motor to activate the focusing movement. This might lead to noticeably increased power consumption. But the main problem, as I see it, is the focusing range with longer lenses. With the exception of internal focusing, long lenses require a relatively long movement to be able to focus from infinity to a reasonably close distance. The focusing movement of this camera wouldn't be anywhere near enough to assure that. On the other hand, there would be no problem with wide angle, normal and short telephoto lenses. I just had a thought to partially compensate for that. Equip the camera with focus verification. As it is, long lenses would still need to be focused manually by focusing the lens. Focus verification would be quite helpful in those instances. Even though this is just an April fools joke, I think the basic system does make sense.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-6310823998228937332014-04-01T10:37:28.320-05:002014-04-01T10:37:28.320-05:00April fools aside, this seems to be a very elegant...April fools aside, this seems to be a very elegant solution to offer autofocus in a Leica M body without the necessity of a special line of autofocus lenses. Are there any arguments against it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-39601793331705905392014-04-01T10:33:45.004-05:002014-04-01T10:33:45.004-05:00I did. I clearly marked the article as being publ...I did. I clearly marked the article as being published on April 1-2014.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-56889402021339239872014-04-01T10:32:30.930-05:002014-04-01T10:32:30.930-05:00Shouldn't you have the readers a warning that ...Shouldn't you have the readers a warning that this isn't real?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-40027909843622080782014-04-01T10:31:30.990-05:002014-04-01T10:31:30.990-05:00Not even close. By eliminating the rangefinder, t...Not even close. By eliminating the rangefinder, the price of this camera is about the same as the Leica M. The most expensive Leica, by far, is the Leica S.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-14717293582703345552014-04-01T10:24:32.795-05:002014-04-01T10:24:32.795-05:00will this be the most expensive piece of Leica equ...will this be the most expensive piece of Leica equipment ever?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-57473384241300805822014-04-01T09:38:58.489-05:002014-04-01T09:38:58.489-05:00Got me :)Got me :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-38189580682430671762014-04-01T09:27:47.269-05:002014-04-01T09:27:47.269-05:00They would only with this particular model, but pl...They would only with this particular model, but please, take a look at the date of this article.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-10800652111164799622014-04-01T08:54:58.363-05:002014-04-01T08:54:58.363-05:00Why would Leica do away with the fantastic rangefi...Why would Leica do away with the fantastic rangefinder?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-14607686317658177602014-04-01T08:54:01.553-05:002014-04-01T08:54:01.553-05:00Dammit, you got me all excited. What you presente...Dammit, you got me all excited. What you presented makes a lot of sense an looks doable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com