Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know where you guys get this idea that a camera should be balanced. It feels fine to me and I actually like the slighly bottom heavy feel when the motor is mounted. This is with the 50mm Summilux. With other lenses, the balance will change. BTW, we are talking about cameras not throwing darts ;-) I am going to give the R9 a try tonight. It will not be very balanced though, as I will be shooting with the 400mm F2.8 ;-) A bit front heavy. I didn't think the weight difference would be that noticeable, but it feels significantly lighter. I would bet the R9 is now lighter than most other manufacturers high end cameras. Regards, Robert At 05:16 PM 12/21/2002 +0100, you wrote: >On 21-12-2002 01:01 Mehrdad Sadat wrote: > > > I have had the r9 for a while, it is noticeably lighter than the r8. i like > > the feel of the r8/motor a lot more than the r9/motor combo, it feels very > > bottom heavy. may be we now need a r9 motor drive with the same weight > > characteristic > > >I think you hit the nail on the head with that remark Mehrdad. It was my >(silent) feeling also that the R8/motordrive would make a better balanced >combo than the R9/motordrive. >Things will probably be different with the R9/motorwinder combo. > >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