Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert G. Stevens wrote: > > I think what a lot of people have been missing in this "make an > Autofocus thread" is that Leica can make an Auto focus camera and > maintain compatibility with previous lenses. Pentax and Nikon have > done it. > As have Contax, though they've chosen a different path. I haven't used the Contax AX, but I find the concept intriguing. Not only are the old lenses compatible with the new autofocus camera, but they also allow autofocus. M. - -- Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just "DOHH" it! SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho