Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Herr wrote: > Here's a thread I can participate in! Muhammad, have you gotten any photos back from the SL and 60 Macro? My guess is you haven't because you're looking for one at a reasonable price. Once you see what the SL & 60 can do you won't care what the cost is! > > Yes it's built like a tank and 100 years is a conservative estimate, and neither mine nor my daughter's is for sale.<<<<<<< Hi Doug, I think if ever there was a "classic R Leica " it has to be the Leicaflex SL! As you say it's built like a tank. And it is, as it's made from regurgitated Tiger tanks! ;-) I had three of them then switched to SL MOT model for the motor capability. I sold two and kept one for sentimental reasons, every once in awhile I shoot a roll with it just to keep it limbered up. And no matter how well the R8 is produced i'd put money on the SL will still be working long after the last R8 has bit the dust. And you know what an R8 fan I am, but that's something I truly believe. ted