Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: gthrall@ix.netcom.com (Glenn Wm. Thrall) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 15:29:41 -0700 The R3 then uses the "standard" modern three lug lenses? Is there a substantial difference between the R3 and the newer R "mechanical" SLR cameras? Since I do macro photography sometimes, and often find myself making exposures at somewhere around 1/15th sec, I appreciate the mirror pre-fire that is available on the R6 and later cameras, which the R3 doesn't have. All the R cameras from the R4 on accept interchangeable accessories: motor drives, winders, focusing screens, eyecups, cases, right-angle viewfinders, data backs, stuff like that. If you use this stuff you might prefer a later R4 to an R3 if you have any other R cameras. R4's are only about $100 to $150 more expensive than R3's. It's possible the R8 will throw all these interchangeable accessories out, because they're going to need a different body to accomodate a shutter that will do faster flash synch, and that new body could be very different.