Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Jeff Moore wrote: > > > > 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. > > I knew a guy who used a motor drive (MD-11) on a Nikon FM just to balance out > the camera with most of his lenses. > Markwr Forgot to mention he didn't put batteries in it. He just wanted the bulk to balance out the lenses in front. Maybe for a real big lens he'd put the batteries in. Mark