Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:07 PM 2/9/97 -0400, you wrote: > >I'm not knocking the R8... but here, in The States, NOBODY ever buys the >first model year of a General Motors automobile or truck... they wait until >GM works the "bugs" out, in the next model year. > >Personally, I have observed that the same is true of Nikon Cameras. The >very first F3's, F4's, and... apparently... F5's all had/have problems that >were corrected in subsequent issues. > >My advice is... wait 'til next year. > I agree completely. While I'd hate to think Leica is to be equated to GM, whose production standards are, to put it charitably, not the best, Leica had a real disaster with the R4 and R4s, cameras which represented new Leica designs (though Minolta-derived). The R8 is the first Leica reflex since then that represents a whole new design. A word to the wise.... Charlie, MOI Charles E. Love, Jr. CEL14@CORNELL.EDU