Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello old friends! I've been off the LUG listserv for some time, time being the issue. But I take the compact batched versions and scan topics that interest. this one interests me since, as I've written Doug Herr and George Lottermoser off-list, I have several R-lenses - most are absolutely world-class - that I'd love to use in my beginner digital world (I'm still stuck on an M8.2) and a Leicaflex SL). The problem with this discussion with Mark R., also an old LHSA friend, is that Mark has strayed from his initial comment that triggered the debate. What he wrote is that the R-system got no respect. He now states that what he originally said was that it didn't get the same respect as the M-system and is now trying to defend what he did NOT say. His second statement (that he did not make initially) is true but only if one measures respect solely by sales. His original statement is utterly false. While the R-system never had, nor ever professed even to want to have, all the bells and whistles of Nikon and Canon, what Leitz/Leica DID offer in their SLR's were the finest, highest quality, most reliable and indestructible SLR cameras ever made, to this day. Ask the folks who service and repair them, as I have. In fact, every one of them with whom I have spoken uniformly say that the Leicaflex SL is the only SLR camera ever made with the build quality of the Leica M3. The R-cameras were, and are to this day, not only respected, but photographers who actually knew them and used them were in awe. And EVERYONE acknowledged that R-glass was the best in the world. Further deponent knoweth naught. Seth Rosner