Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After I slammed the R bodies I thought before I went off on my trip I'd propose what might be a nice way to support the Leitz lenses everybody is rooting for. Suppose Leica called up Nikon and said: Hey, you still have the tooling for the F4? Ok, we'll buy it. We'll rip out the autofocus motor (but leave in the in-focus lights) and hook up a Leica lensmount to the meter. Ought to have room for the cams once the AF is gone. Then, Leica calls up Cosina and says: make us one of those cheap mechanical bodies like you do for Nikon and Olympus and Yashica and Ricoh. We want both a spot meter and centerweighted in ours like the Olympus has. We'll sell it for $400 'cause it says "Leica". That way folks can get started in the system or have a good cheap spare body. The R62 is a ripoff at the price they ask. You get the picture. Leica isn't ashamed to buy their zoom lenses from Japan, maybe they should just subcontract their bodies to a good company, get a really nice reliable modern design, and concentrate on making those super duper lenses instead of pissing everyone off with their self destructing bodies. Chuck