Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that Leica will use those extra contacts in the R8 to provide a AF possible R9 with a few AF lenses along the line of Canon's Ultrasonic lenses. I'm not much of a believer in AF, as I believe that it takes some of the fun out of photography for me. However, that said, I do believe that there would be a market for an AF 90, 180, 300 + TCs. Realistically, I think that by covering those focal lengths, most AF needs would be satisfied, without affecting the 'spirit' of Leica. I would also like to say that I would not support a Leica body along the lines of the Contax AX. While it is an interesting piece of machinery, I think its design is not practical as it is too big. I'd sure hate to carry two of those bodies around. So while I think AF is inevitable, I hope that Leica does it in such a way that it doesn't detract from the utilitarian simplicity that defines Leica to me. James