Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Miro, The easy solution: get one of each ;-) Seriously, I have owned both but for me the R8 is the best. I sold the R7 and now have the R8, backed up by a Leicaflex SL. For me, these two cameras, 30 years apart, are the best Leica has to offer in SLRs. But the R7 is a nice camera too, and you might prefer its smaller size. It is such a personal choice that it is difficult to give advice on it. The only objective advantage of the R7 is that it will still function with a dead battery, albeit only at the synch speed (as far as I remember). The R8 is dead without a battery. Nathan Miro Jurcevic wrote: > If there was a popular SLR Leica of this era ..... would it be the R8 or R7. > I find qualities in both cameras that are practical. - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/