[Leica] New R Solution?

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)]

If I would of known how good the R optics were, and how stable the body was 
for low speed shooting, I would of used the R right away.
As it was, I had the following;
3 Leicaflex SL, 2 chrome, 1 black
1 R4s, black
2 RE, black 
1 R6, black
1 R8, black
S.d.

On Sep 9, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Seth Rosner wrote:

> 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
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> 
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