Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:47 PM 10/7/99 -0700, you wrote: >I checked out an R6.2 for the first time last week a lot more solid and chunky >and impressive than an FM2. But is it much lighter than an R8? Certainly >substantially heavier than my M6! Why not just get a 15 for the M? If I >got the >R6.2 which I find tempting I'd go for the 100 macro and do something the M6 >can't do without a Viso. Like a longer Telephoto between 200 and 300mm's. >Again >I wish they made a 200 macro. >Mark Rabiner Well, Mark, you're right about the R6.2 versus the FM2, but the R8 is substantially heavier. Here is what their web pages say: M6 - 580 grams R6.2 - 625 grams FM2 - 540 grams R8 - 890 grams I really find that hard to believe. The M seems much lighter. Maybe it's the SLR lenses that add so much weight. For your questions - Leica doesn't make a 15 for the M. I do use the 100 macro with my R's - never have wanted anything longer (it gets heavier!) Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com