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fbarker
06-19-2006, 12:08 PM
Are there any GOOD digital SLRs that are made by companies other than Japanese ones???
JTL
06-19-2006, 02:22 PM
I believe that the only recent non-Japanese DSLRs were the Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n and DCS Pro SLR/c. Both have been discountinued, but you can still find them online. Support for existing customers who own these models will be dropped completely in 2008.

Just out of curiosity, why are you looking for a non-Japanese product?
cwphoto
06-19-2006, 05:45 PM
Leica R9 with DMR.
JTL
06-19-2006, 06:09 PM
Now that's obscure!

Not like you can go and try one out at your local camera store or shop online for the best price! :p

You'd get access to great lenses (if you have a Swiss bank account), but, as a (D)SLR body...it's strictly "Model T"...
erichlund
06-19-2006, 07:56 PM
Samsung is a Korean company. They have just entered the dSLR market. Of course their first two products are both direct copies (under license) of the Japanese Pentax versions.
cwphoto
06-19-2006, 08:04 PM
Now that's obscure!

Not like you can go and try one out at your local camera store or shop online for the best price! :p

You'd get access to great lenses (if you have a Swiss bank account), but, as a (D)SLR body...it's strictly "Model T"...

That Model T is arguably one of the finest SLRs you can buy. A real SLR IMO, one that does both film and digital - ingenious.

Take a look at some of Guy Mancuso's posts over at Fred Miranda - he gave up a 1Ds Mark II for a pair of R9s...
ReF
06-20-2006, 05:59 AM
Just out of curiosity, why are you looking for a non-Japanese product?

was wondering the same as well
Rhys
06-20-2006, 08:14 AM
Seems fair enough to me. He makes a point that 90% of the world's electronics etc all come from or are designed in Japan.
JTL
06-20-2006, 08:21 AM
That Model T is arguably one of the finest SLRs you can buy. A real SLR IMO, one that does both film and digital - ingenious.

Take a look at some of Guy Mancuso's posts over at Fred Miranda - he gave up a 1Ds Mark II for a pair of R9s...Hey, I agree! :) I would own it in a second! (If I won the Lottery :D )

But It lacks things that most people have come to expect in a super-high end DSLR like AF, and TTL flash...those things wouldn't bother me, cause I was shooting before such things existed....
coldrain
06-20-2006, 09:10 AM
Leica R9 with DMR.
He asked about DSLRs, mate :p.
I do not remember Leica SLRs.
cwphoto
06-20-2006, 09:19 AM
He asked about DSLRs, mate :p.
I do not remember Leica SLRs.

Let me educate you:

http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/rsystem/digitalmodul/index_e.html
cwphoto
06-20-2006, 09:24 AM
Hey, I agree! :) I would own it in a second! (If I won the Lottery :D )

But It lacks things that most people have come to expect in a super-high end DSLR like AF, and TTL flash...those things wouldn't bother me, cause I was shooting before such things existed....

It has TTL flash and AF is rumoured to be in the pipeline.
coldrain
06-20-2006, 09:47 AM
Let me educate you:

http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/rsystem/digitalmodul/index_e.html
*feels refreshingly educated*
JTL
06-20-2006, 10:04 AM
It has TTL flash and AF is rumoured to be in the pipeline.Well, then I was wrong...it is not a Model T...it will be more equivalent to a Maybach...
D70FAN
06-20-2006, 11:21 AM
It has TTL flash and AF is rumoured to be in the pipeline.

I have to admit that this would have been an exiciting camera 10 years ago. Hopefully the cameras are better than the web-site.

Any idea of the cost for this rig?
ReF
06-20-2006, 11:39 AM
VERY expensive. check out the lens costs on b&h

i though coldy would've known about the r9 as it ain't new...
Christian
06-22-2006, 02:34 AM
Any idea of the cost for this rig?

I just looked, around nine grand for the slr and digital back. Yikes!

LOL, my eyes aren't that good to MF all the time, but at that price I'd get a 1Ds MII and take it out in the rain just because and still have an extra 2 grand left.

Or if you really wanted to blow some loot, why not a Hassy digital back.
D70FAN
06-22-2006, 08:33 AM
I just looked, around nine grand for the slr and digital back. Yikes!

LOL, my eyes aren't that good to MF all the time, but at that price I'd get a 1Ds MII and take it out in the rain just because and still have an extra 2 grand left.

Or if you really wanted to blow some loot, why not a Hassy digital back.

Exactly! I'm thinking that even the 5D would be very competitive. But I guess if you want to impress your muggers... along with your Rolex.
Rhys
06-22-2006, 10:01 AM
Exactly! I'm thinking that even the 5D would be very competitive. But I guess if you want to impress your muggers... along with your Rolex.

Nothing impresses a mugger more than a .44 or .4570 fired in their direction :D