Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Bayonet-mount lenses have a speed advantage over screw mount when changing >> lenses in the field. >I would love to disagree. I'm sorry, this is the LUG list. We do not allow disagreement here :-) >At least partially. >Screwing is actually a fastest part of changing lens. >Except when you have lens at the table in front of you :) >In Real World you have to look for lens in your bag, >find it, take off covers... Agreed - but that is the same regardless of mount system. (BTW - news photogs leave all the caps off - scandal!) >And I don't see a need for fast changing lenses with rangefinder.... Accepted. Others do. Even with two bodies (I get confused by more than two, and suffer an out-of-bodies experience) and, say a 24 on one and a 75 or 90 on the other, you will find news situations where you very quickly need another lens to make the shot. I would certainly agree that in many cases, it makes no difference, but the original question was why Leica made the change in the first place, and I believe it was directly related to the attraction of bayonet mount speed to photojournalists. Steve Patriquen London __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/