Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/23

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Subject: Re: Cam Question for R lenses
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 22:21:47 +0100 (BST)
 
At 13:40 23/07/97 CDT, you wrote:

>Page 61  of the R8 manual says:
>"Most LEICA R lenses can be equipped with the electrical contact ledge
>for data transfer.....For this though, the LEICAFLEX  SL/SL2 control cams
>must be removed which means that these lenses will only be usable on
>LEICA R moreld (from LEICA R3)."
>Hence it doesn't look as though the  new ROM lenses  will work on the
>SL2.
>Richard Hemingway

Just wondering- what is it that the R8 can't do without these electronic
bits on the lenses?

Joe Berenbaum