Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your coment is right on. While in Cape Cod I got to play with the 180 f2, this is huge lens. I was right at home on the R8 Cheers Wilber - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Moore" <jbm@oven.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: Photokina visitors...R you experienced? > 2000-10-02-10:25:12 Dan Cardish: > > I realize that there are many people on the LUG who appreciate the largish > > size of the R8. But what I had in mind were those people (such as myself) > > who value the compact size of the M6, and would appreciate a similarly > > sized and equipped reflex camera. > > Ah, if only the jewel-like little Contax Aria could mount our favorite > lenses... > > But seriously, folks, when you strap a modern R lens, even as big as > the 100 Apo Macro and certainly the bigger ones, onto an R8... it just > doesn't seem outsized at all. It seems in proportion. The R lenses > are built on a sizeable scale. >