RE: [Leica] Re: Incredibly basic question

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Well - No and yes - All it implies is that at some point, when I can scrape
the money together, I am going to move up from my Nikon F for shooting with
longer lenses. I'm thinking about all kinds of options, ranging from the
F100, to an EOS, to the new Minolta Maxxum, to an R6.2, to an autofocus 2
1/4. Which is to say I don't know what I'm going to do - but my guess is
I'll probably go with autofocus as my eyes will only get older and slower
with each passing month.

But I really asked the lens question because I was looking at ads in
Shutterbug this a.m. and was appalled at the prices of some of the R
lenses - NOT THAT THEY AREN'T THE WORLD'S BEST! :-) - but then I noticed
that there also seemd to be some which were priced closer to their
non-autofocus competitors.

BUT - because the M is my primary "system," before I do anything about the
F, I still need to get a 50 for the M, and the 15 Cosina. :-)

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us  On Behalf Of
> Tom Finnegan
> Sent:	Friday, December 03, 1999 4:01 PM
> To:	'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Cc:	B. D. Colen
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] Re: Incredibly basic question
>
> >The R6.2 does not take advantage of the ROM lenses, only the R8 does.
>
> >
> > Does the R6.2 need the "ROM" lenses, or does it take less
> expensive R
> > lenses?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> In other words, The R6.2 can use any of the Leica SLR lenses,
> including 1-cam, 2-cam, 3-cam 'R', and 'ROM'. Using a 1-cam
> or 2-cam lenses will require stop-down metering of course. I
> believe that most 1- and 2-cam lenses can be updated to
> 3-cam, 3-cam 'R' lenses can have a 'ROM' chip added by Leica,
> and 'ROM' lenses can have cams added for use on Leicaflex
> SL/SL2 cameras. There are probably some exceptions, so you
> may want to discuss with a knowledgable technician first.
>
> Does this imply that you are considering adding a Leica 'R' system?
>
> Tom Finnegan
> Seattle, WA