Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R5-R7 decision
From: "akhil.lal" <akhil.lal@bcc.cuny.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:56:47 -0500
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Yes - early next year, along with a new fixed aprerture 2.8 zoom :-).
Regards,
Akhil

Pascal wrote:
> 
> Early next year ???
> 
> That's new to me. Leica made it known during the chatting session on the R
> future that fitting such focusing assistance would require almost identical
> capabilities in the body as with full-fledged autofocus. They seemed to be
> quite dubious, not to say dismissive, whether such a system would one day
> come to the R. I agree, though, that such digital focus assistance would
> come in very handy under lots of circumstances. It's the biggest item on my
> R wishing list.
> 
> Pascal
> NO ARCHIVE
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> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Akhil Lal
> 
> > Finally, if you need assistance with focussing why not wait until early
> > next year when the improved R-8 (?) w. electronic focus assist is
> > introduced ? The price is likely to be very much higher, though.
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