Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/02
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At 09:21 PM 9/2/99 +0200, you wrote:
>If Leica were to come out (one day) with an AF body that would require
>new R lenses to work on it, they would commit a kind of commercial
>suicide.
IF Leica does, and according to the local Leica rep. it's coming in less
than two years, it will be able to use the old lenses in focus
confirmation. Leica's not always at the forefront of technological
innovation, but they are pretty savvy on what makes sense. The R8 is such a
wonderful camera, in spite of a few things, that I could see it staying
pretty much the same with AF circuits added. I'd buy it.
Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability
to understand it. -Sam Abell; "Stay This Moment"