Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hard to say- I would like to see the price come down. The tooling and development is long paid for, and it is a wonderful edition in a line of cameras that are famous for their mechanical excellence. The R6.2 is a marvel- and even if electronics seem to prevail, there still is a sizable group of photographers who need or want a mechanical camera that is reliable under many advers conditions, and can be used in third world contries where the nearest battery store or Radio Shack can be many miles away!! Also- baking an LCD display in the hot sun, or freezing it in the artic cold can be chancy- the R6.2 classic knobs and dials seem better suited! The old cameras, in my opinion, were and still are so reliable because Leica hit upon a method of exposing the film, so long ago, that was so deceptively simple, and durable, that it has remained largely unchanged for nearly 75 years. You can't argue with success. I guess the Leica is somewhat like the horseshoe crab- something else that's been around for a long time! It's simple, it works, so why mess with it! Oh well! We can dream! With all the talk about the Nikon S3, I would like to say that it would be nice if Leica could remake the IIIg, but in place of the selftimer, put a small metering circuit in there, retain the LTM so that all the lens could be used- even the M lenses with an adapter, and make them no more expensive than the M6- even if they were made in Taiwan, as long as they were made to specification! Of course, I won't hold my breath! Dan ( Lost in Summar world! ) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aurelien Barrau" <barrau@isn.in2p3.fr> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:15 PM Subject: [Leica] the very last... > > I am wondering something: do you think the R6.2 is the very last > mechanical R-camera made by Leica? I have the feeling that any new > development will be based on the R8. Do you think this camera will remain > in production for ever (or nearly so...!) ? > > Sorry for my poor english and best regards, > > Aurelien > > ---------------------------------------------- > Aurelien BARRAU > Groupe d'astrophysique des particules (AMS) > INSTITUT DES SCIENCES NUCLEAIRES (CNRS/UJF) > 53 avenue des Martyrs, F-38026 Grenoble cedex > tel:(+33)4 76 28 41 79, fax:(+33)4 76 28 40 04 > e-mail: Aurelien.Barrau@cern.ch > ---------------------------------------------- >