Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not shure whether they would give up the R system. There's a certain stubbornness in Solms about this and other subjects. The only lens mount that might be profitable for R lenses is the Canon EOS mount. But as I have read in a Rob Galbraith interview with the Zeiss marketing manager, there are some patent issues making it difficult (or less profitable) to produce EOS lenses (see http://tinyurl.com/aktvd 8th question). Leica R glass in Nikon F mount would assumedly not sell enough, and the hi-end side of this niche is already partially occupied by Zeiss Cosina. So there are only a few other mounts left. Pentax? No. Konica Minolta now Sony? No. Fourthirds? Eventually - but this would require new lens designs. My conclusion - there will be no R lenses in another mounts. And there will not be a new R camera in 2 years... Didier >....even though i had one of the first dmr that landed in us and i am >happy with it, i think it is the end of the line for R unless they >follow zeiss and roll out lenses for other mounts as we have discussed >many many times