Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll bet the R series AF plan utilizes the camera back (probably something like the AX). There are 10 contacts in place between the back and the body and that seems like overkill for the timer/ISO features. This would also make an AF upgrade for the R8 simpler. So far, I've heard no mention of a databack for the R8, whereas the drive/winder were been announced way ahead of schedule. Maybe the AF back concept is holding up the drives? Pure speculation, but fun to consider during my first day of using the R8. Hope they also add a integrated intervalometer, and data recording off the frame. Chris Hoover cdhoover@pacbell.net Pascal wrote: > snip > No, definitely not. They were quite firm on this: Leica is not going to > produce AF lenses like Canon or Nikon. They will make sure that all > ROM-equipped R lenses (but only them, of course) will function in AF mode > with a future R8.2. This implies that the current R8 body will have to > undergo some "surgery" in order to make it fully AF (maybe a refined and > more responsive AF than in the Contax AX). When I referred to "fully > ready", I meant the electrical contacts and some other parts, not the > entire inside of the body. We will just have to wait and see to be sure, I > guess! > > Pascal > Belgium > > ------------------------------------------ > This message was created and sent on a Macintosh PowerBook > ------------------------------------------