Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark... The R6.2 is CONSIDERABLY lighter and smaller than the R8...use both next to each other for a day and you will see. An R6/6.2 with a 80-200mm/4.0 zoom makes a fabulous traveling companion to a pair of M's. IMHO. Cheers. Michael Hintlian - -------------------- Begin Original Message -------------------- Message text written by INTERNET:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us ">I checked out an R6.2 for the first time last week a lot more solid and chunky >and impressive than an FM2. But is it much lighter than an R8? Certainly >substantially heavier than my M6! Why not just get a 15 for the M? If I >got the >R6.2 which I find tempting I'd go for the 100 macro and do something the M6 >can't do without a Viso. Like a longer Telephoto between 200 and 300mm's. >Again >I wish they made a 200 macro. >Mark Rabiner" - -------------------- End Original Message --------------------