Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/23

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Re: The Leica Forté
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@cdsnet.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 23:05:36 PST

** Reply to note from  <Afterswift@aol.com> 07/23/96  1:08pm -0400
> If Leica achieved 
> operational independence in the R6 yet maintained all the Nikon goodies in 
> the F90, I would be amazed.

And so would Nikon. The R6 never pretended to be anything but a mechanical  
camera with a meter and self-time (plus TTL, but that's run by the flash). 

The R7 is probably what you are thinking of, and it is much more traditional  
than the N90, which I don't think much of as a camera. The F5 is much more  
like it. The R8, which is due out soon will be even more automated, but it's  
not going to have AF either. Leica makes no tradeoffs to get flash and glitz.

Regards,

Eric Welch
Grants Pass, OR