Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V2 #142
From: Christian Becker <chribeck@mdc-berlin.de>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 10:52:58 +0100

Pete wrote:
>If a person needs AF at blinding speeds for sports
>or other motion based events, they can buy an F5 or a 1N and use it for >its
>strengh. 

That's exactly the reason so many pros left Leica. If you have to ad to
your Leica equipment a F5 or a EOS1n to get those pictures the L is
incapable to, you normaly end up by sticking with these and dumping the
L stuff. I agree with Stephen Gandy that one has to demand the best from
Leica. There were already some mails on this list saying 'hey, I got the
R8 winder, and mine is number 123' or so. That tells the R8 winder is
not missing in action but missing on the sideboards of collectors.