Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A 01:01 17/09/98 +-200, vous avez =E9crit : > > >Hi gang. > >I'm new to the list. Was once an M user. Needed to return to SLR work. H= ave=20 >always been interested however in the R System. I've studied it pretty w= ell=20 >but you who are owners can actually help me out with the experienced fac= ts.=20 > >I am looking at the RE and the R5. I need TTL flash. But I am not so sur= e=20 >about what I might be missing by getting an R5 instead of an R7. As for = the=20 >R8, I'm getting horror stories over here in Europe about the electronics= .=20 >Truth? Fiction? > >One last question, didnt Leica make a 180 f4? Was it any good? > >Any ideas or lens suggestions would be appreciated. I can be contacted=20 >directly at ainilsen@online.no > >Best, >JG ______________________ The elmar R 180 was a good lens 10-15 years ago(distortion however). I ha= d one. The results were as good as a modern tele-zoom, for instance nikkor AIS 4/80-200.I remember I had problems to focus in the VF of the R4 becau= se of the darkness of the focusing screen. Today I think it is not a good operation to buy such an old lens.I know that I'm in for it when I say that, but the R system is interesting only for the top level lenses (apo telyt) not for the current lenses which are equal in quality (not in price...)to japanese ones. Dominique Pellissier