Leica Digital Modul R

At Photokina 2004 in Cologne, Germany the Leica Digital Modul R was introduced. The DMR is a replacement back that fits on the Leica R8 and R9 camera bodies and allows Leica lens back to 1965 to be used with the module. The DMR houses a Kodak CCD sensors 3876 x 2584 pixels with an active area of 26.4 x 17.6mm.

 Type: Interchangeable digital module compatible with R8 and R9

 Lenses: All Leica R lenses that have the R cam

 Sensors: 10 MPixels

 Sensitivity: 100 ISO up to at least 800 ISO

 Storage: SD card

 Data Format: RAW, TIFF, 2 JEPG compression rates

 Menu: Sharpness, color saturation, contrast, histogram on/off, firmware update, frame number, power save, card formatting, warning signals, date, time

I was fortunately able to attend the first Leica Akademie held in the USA.

Below are three sample pictures taken with the Digital R that were just randomly taken outside the meeting place with no intent for photo excellence or composition.

This will give some idea what the camera is capable of in a point and shoot situation on a cloudy day with fading light.  snap snap snap.....

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