Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi All, I just got off the phone with Don Goldberg discussing the R8. I misunderstood Don's previous comments, and in doing so misquoted him. My apologies to Mr. R8 (aka Ted). He did confirm that the R8 surprised him by reminding him internally of the Prakticas--but he did not mean that in a negative way. It seems that the R4 to R7 look inside like a typical Japanese SLR. Not too surprising since they are based on Minolta technology. The R8 inside looks very unlike previous R's and very unlike previous Leicas in general. Its a whole new direction. It just so happens that the internal engineering reminds Don of Praktica's designs. He makes no predictions of ruggedness etc, time will tell. Stephen Gandy