Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Herr wrote : > George Lottermoser <george@imagist.com> wrote: > >> So why were some laughing at Leica's R digital back? What's the joke? >> Oh yeah no >> autofocus, autododad, autoeverything, that's right. Just a blazingly >> bright >> focusing screen and some really fine glass to hang in front of it. >> HA- ha -ha. > > George has pointed out the thing that distinguishes the R8/R9+digital > back from the N/C offerings - and what makes it worthwhile even if you > don't already have a raft of R lenses. Minimal dodads, a viewfinder > that encourages composition, and nearly every R lens made from 1965 to > the present will work perfectly, or can be updated to work perfectly > with it. Doug, And the removable back making removing the dust easier. Lucien