Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/04

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Subject: Re: The Leica R8 and moving up from Canon
From: bholmes@frii.com (Ben Holmes)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 08:19:39 -0600 (MDT)

>The Nikon F required that the prism be removed to accomplish the screen 
>change.
>--
>Roger Beamon  

As a weird aside, the F3 which is built as a MF body, can be upgraded to AF
by the addition of the AF prism. I've never seen or held one, but I've read
about it in several places and have seen the prisms offered for sale (very
pricey).

I missed the beginning of this thread, is the prism on the R8 fixed? If
Leica were to engineer AF for the 8, it would have to be in the lenses. I
don't know of any manufacturers who have done this, but...

Regards,



Ben W. Holmes
Boulder, CO

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