Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do think these cameras will be in a more compact category than a Leica M. But closer to a Rollei 35. Or for that matter a Barnack. A Leica LTM. Or SM. Its cameras which really do fit in a lot more pockets and have a lot more possibility of being with you all the time. I do think the original Barnack concept. I don't get the Leica R thing is there an adaptor I didn't see that. Not too much overlap between a Rollei 35 and a Leica R concept. Most of the R glass will be far bigger than the camera. You'd have to be an idiot to go that route. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:02:09 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 craps out > > That seems to be the feedback from a few disappointed R lens owners so far. > There are no actual production cameras out there yet of course. > Looked at critically the EVF is the only add on that might be called > 'flimsy' or breakable. The R adapter hardly is. > Is anyone aware of any reports at all of failures/damages to these EVFs in > the field on other cameras? > You can buy the identical model from Olympus cheaper to put on the M if > wanted. of course. > Alternatively if you can realistically support the combination (handhold or > tripod) you can go without the EVF at all. > > But this new M is not, or rather will not be primarily an R9 and DMR > substitute. Rather it is an M camera with more capabilities. > It's for Leica M buyers. For those that also have some good R lenses it has > a bonus option. > I think it acknowledges the same market realities that caused the R10 > cancellation. > Recently quoted was that those active R lens users are a fraction of M8 > users who themselves are a fraction of M9 users. > > I will almost certainly get the new M once they are both available and > proven to actually do more for me than my M9. > If using R lenses was my primary goal, I think I would follow Howard's > route which is to adapt those lenses with the Leitax kits and use them on a > full frame Nikon. > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 25 October 2012 06:29, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > >> what I mean is what do you gain from having so many flimsy bits and pieces >> that can break and leave you stranded ? >> >> looks like the worst of the R solutions by Leica aka M+nsap on gimmicks >> >> R 9 dieselless me again >> >> >> Le 24 oct. 12 ? 22:24, philippe.amard a ?crit : >> >> >> yuk >>> me >>> >>> Le 24 oct. 12 ? 21:46, Mark Rabiner a ?crit : >>> >>> http://www.dpreview.com/**previews/sony-cybershot-dsc-** >>>> rx1/images/accessories1<http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-cybershot-dsc >>>> -rx1/images/accessories1> >>>> . >>>> jpg >>>> Or >>>> http://tinyurl.com/95e322z >>>> >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> Photography >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/lugalrabs/<http://gallery.leica-users.or >>>> g/v/lugalrabs/> >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman >>> /listinfo/lug>for more information >>> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/ >> listinfo/lug>for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information