Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could someone please explain (ideally in words comprehensible to someone who hasn't slept for 48 hours) about these here 'cam' thingumybobs on R lenses? I see '1 cam', '2 cam', '3 cam' and 'ROM' on lens advert listings. Now despite the fact that I got my engineering degree back in 19-mumble-mumble, I think I know what a 'cam' is, and I can figure out what the 'ROM' bit's about. But which lenses fit which bodies, and more importantly which *don't*? I guess the ROM ones are for the R8, yes? OK, I'll cut to the chase. I thought I might buy a Leicaflex SL, what lenses fit that? More importantly, if I had the vague idea that I might buy an R8 someday, are there lenses which would fit the SL, which would also fit the R8 (perhaps with limitations on some functions) later on? I saw my first *black* R8 today, and it does look nice. I *hated* the chrome one I saw ages ago, perhaps these things grow on you...course it would be better with a removable prism...