Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Pascal, Clearly, I have not seen the new body. I was informed by *two* different sources, one very close to the top, that the new model is, in fact, an SLR w. electronic focus indicator. What other features have been added or deleted relative to the current R-8 SLR's I do not know. It will take the current SLR lenses. Last year there was some discussion about a mechanical body to replace the R-6.2, but I heard nothing new this year. Perhaps this is the basis of the R-8 lite rumour, i.e. an R-8 body w. mechanical shutter ? It may well have taken Leica 8 years and tens of million DEM to design the R-8, but adding a focus indicator is not a difficult task today. Remember, Canon and Pentax did it in ca $ 300 SLR's 10 years ago. One way or the other, we shall know in a few months. I know there are list menbers who know more about this model - perhaps they would like to flesh out the details ? Regards, Akhil Pascal wrote: > On 12-11-2001 23:56 akhil.lal wrote: > > > Yes - early next year, along with a new fixed aprerture 2.8 zoom :-). > > Regards, > > Hi Akhil, > > I think you may be confusing with the "R8 Lite" that Leica was thinking > about, this is basically a slimmed-down R body. > > It took Leica 8 years to design the R8 camera. It would surprise me if they > could design and build another SLR in-house within a couple of years only. > But maybe they have re-directed their plans and won't bring out an "R8 Lite" > after all but a rebadged third party camera body with R mount. Of course, in > order to be competitive and attract first-time Leica R users, apart from > being light and small, such camera should come with all the bells and > whistles such as integrated motorized film transport and the like.... :-) > > I am curious. I only hope that Leica won't make the fatal mistake to render > all current manual R lenses obsolete by bringing out AF lenses (à la Contax > N1). That would alienate current R users altogether. > > Only time will tell and all the rest seems speculation or (more or less > informed) guessing work :-) > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > -- > --------- > Visit my Leica photo pages at http://www.leicapages.com > --------- > <<< PGP public key available upon request >>> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html