Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well Tom, I would start here: http://www.nemeng.com/leica/001c.shtml Then I would go to: http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/leicahome.html Last, I would check the LUG archives located at the following URL. Use the old volumes, not the current one: http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/ Yes, I would agree that if you like manual focus and appreciate the look of Leitz glass then now is a great time to look into the R or SL system. I would not expect the equipment to hold a lot of value as I expect most analog equipment to slowly drop in value as the transition to digital takes over the major market. Who knows, maybe SWAMBO won't notice the 3K for the 280. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tom Christiansen Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 8:32 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] R8 wanna-be owner questions Folks, Now that the R9 has been on the market for a while it almost seems like people are willing to give you money for buying their new R8s... Maybe now is a good time to move into the Leica R system. I have a few questions: 1) I notice that some lenses are sold as 1 CAM, 2 CAM, and 3 CAM lenses. Which ones work with the R8? 2) I have seen several claims that you loose some functionality when using lenses without ROM contacts. Exactly what is communicated via those contacts and which functionality do you loose by not having the ROM contacts? 3) Are the 1 CAM, 2 CAM, 3 CAM lenses really just M lenses which have been retrofitted to fit the R system? 4) Is there any way to estimate the production date from the serial number on the bodies? 5) I understand that some of the early production R8 bodies had some bugs in them which were weeded out in the later production runs. Does anyone know of an approximate date of production or serial number for the start of the new, bug-free batches of R8's? 6) Any comments, concerns, user testimonials, common bugs on the camera or associated lenses? Thanks, Tom - -- 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