Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An R10 based on the R8/9 body would work just fine for me also, as long as it was full frame and had a bright view finder. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 11:02:20 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report As I'm not a big autofocus fan = no problem. The S2 looks more like an R8/9 than any other SLR out there; and I love the look and feel of R8/9 = no problem. obviously everyone's looking for different things in their: cameras cars bicycles phones et al ?just say'n' the little Leica Camera company having hit a home run with M9 and new glass a base hit with the S2 will sooner or later have to address the 24x36 DSLR hole in its lineup. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:53 PM, Richard Man wrote: > One problem with a DSLR is the autofocus module, body design, > mirror box > etc. i.e. they cannot just use the R8/R9 design because they were > rejected > by a number of people already. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information