Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maike Harberts has been saying the R10 will be compatible with existing R lenses. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -----Original Message----- >From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >Sent: Mar 6, 2009 11:13 AM >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses > >Me too. > >"the development of the S2 (its first AutoFocus camera), will feed into the >development of a future generation of the R-system." >This is a quote on what's going on from dpreview who is buying into this I >guess. I'm not. >If there is a system comes out which does not use the existing R glass its >not a future generation of the R-system. Its an entirely new SLR system from >Leica. >Just like the Canon EOS system and the Canon F system are two separate >systems. Same format. Both SLR. But you're not putting the f glass on your >EOS. It falls right off they tell me. >Its as if people are saying that "R" when you talk Leica means SLR. >But it just ain't so. >The S system is an example. > >Threes a lotta R glass out there I guess people will use them on their >Nikons and Canons with an adaptor that was a lug thread a few weeks ago. Or >some third party company will come out with a body and put a "Leica" on top >of it with a red dot on the side and "Germany" on the box. And everybody >will talk about how their new Leica compares to their Canon. > > >Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: David Rodgers <drodgers at casefarms.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:56:58 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Conversation: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses >> Subject: Re: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses >> >> I applaud any company that maintains some degree of backward >> compatibility. I'm sure it would be easier to only look forward and not >> look back. But I've remained a loyal Nikon user because over the years >> they've remained true to the F mount. >> >> DaveR >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Frank F. Farmer [mailto:summicron at comcast.net] >> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:06 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses >> >> >> On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Akhil Lal wrote: >> >>> I am expecting that the r10 will use electronic coupling between the >>> body and the new line of lenses, in the manner pioneered by the EOS >>> system, and as used in the S2. In that case it is difficult to see >>> how the electronic contacts in the R10 will be able to couple to the >>> mechanical linkages in current R lenses. One possiblity is that >>> leica will build into the R10 a parallel mechanical system of cams >>> and feelers for use with legacy lenses. >> >> Isn't that what Nikon did with the F4? It was one of the few AF >> cameras that could use the older AI-S lenses with the new matrix meter >> because, as I understand it, it had mechanical coupling for the older >> lenses in addition to the electronic contacts for the newer lenses. >> I could be wrong. Of course, I believe the mechanical coupling was >> ultimately dropped because of cost in later models. >> >> Frank Farmer >> Jackson, Miss. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information