Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andre wrote: >>> --> Why does not the Leica R-E come up in these "recommended" lists ? Is it fragile ? Or too expensive on the used markets to make sense? --> What makes the Leica R-E special ? --> Is the R4 that much smaller than the others ? That makes it a real contender and there's a brand new one at a local dealer, wherever he found that... Perhaps he bought a bankrupcy or something. <<< Think of the R-E as an R5s. I know of no problems with it that would make it a poor choice, but it's more expensive than a used R4sP, partly because of its added features (TTL Flash and built-in diopter correction) and partly because it's scarce. The scarcity of the R-E seems like a dumb reason for it to be priced higher, since there were fewer R4sP bodies made. If anyone needed TTL flash ,the R-E would be on my "buy" list. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt