Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/30

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: All this R talk ...
From: wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 07:10:01 -0400

Consider an R-E. There are probably some still available new for about $1000.

kw

>Hi folks.
>
>First of all, I just got back from Rocky Mountain National Park --
>absolutely beautiful!  Just waiting for the labs to finish processing all
>the photos.
>
>While in Colorado it became clear that the time has come to begin using
>longer lenses for some of the photography I want to do.  As far as I can
>tell, this means using R lenses on my M6 or getting a R body.
>
>I was hoping to elicit your opinions on either option.  If I do end up
>purchasing a separate body, I'd like one that offers some D of F preview
>(ruling out R4, I believe) and some metering that will allow pseudo-point
>and shoot use.  Looking at R7 literature, that would mean "integral
>metering", I think.  Of course with all the R8 hype, the discounted R7 is
>attractive, but still expensive.  Maybe an R4-R6, ~70-200 zoom and 2x
>converter?
>
>All comments appreciated.  I'm trying to make a decision on how to spend a
>reasonable amount (whatever that means nowadays) on equipment for a
>December trip to India.
>
>Thanks!
>
>-Anand (time to search more lug archives)

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Ken Wilcox                                Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits
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Replied: Forwarded 30 Sep 96 07:48