Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Buy the 3 CAM not third cam lenses and you will have (with a few exceptions) a set that will give you useability with almost all functions from a Leicaflex to R8. Cams are domaflotchies that communicate exposure information to the metering system. Leica/Leitz has like most other mfrs changed the system as new technology and demands on the metering system have changed and evolved. Of course current Leica lenses are Third Cam only for the most part...and most still lack ROMs FYI I think R8's are ghastly...but that is my opinion - ---------- > From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton) > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Leicaflex & Leica R8. HELP! > Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 1:33 +0100 (PDT) > >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... > >