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Leica still makes film cameras
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-...7.php?langid=2
The video shows the production of the M7 camera (only the final steps, though). Cheers, Miha |
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So do voightlander, in Japan, and Firstcall are still importing phenix film cameras from china Richard
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In the shutter testing step there is a wire to the camera (where?) that from the dialogue seems to program it for things like light meter and shutter calibration. I wonder if it also could re-program the flash proccessor? Then Leica could offer a cheap(!) upgrade to cure the few minor errors in the firmware (maddening red dot flashing, two second fire up).
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Mentioning Leica and cheap in the same sentence could be seen as blasphemy
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The video quotes a production of 100...150 analogue cameras per month and relies heavily on sales in Japan, where it has a cult following, but the production is dated 2009. The speaker states that there is no renaissance yet. Sad.
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They still make film cameras and their lenses are interchangeable between their film and digital bodies which is a very good thing. |
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It's been 5 years, I wonder what's their status now.
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Since they brought out their digital offerings I rekon many new buyers will go for those. They did say their eastern market especially Japan was steady so I rekon that figure won't have dropped much. And with a figure that low for film cameras it's no surprise Zeiss/voightlander stopped making the zeiss ikon.
I also think its the lens market that continues to do reasonably well since there are so many M Mount cameras out there and again the digital compacts have adapters for M Mount lenses. |
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I knew Nikon still made a film camera, but was a little surprised, I am not sure quite why, to find Canon did too, but have no idea what the up-take of such equipment is in the professional market. I am currently working in China, Chengdu City, but have yet to find a single shop that sells film!!! Is film photography dead in South Central China?
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They EXPORT their 'Shanghai GP3' film so that is why they haven't any in their shops -- but the Chinese are not short of a Bob or Trillion !!
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