Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Photokina visitors...R you experienced?
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 10:33:36 -0700
References: <B5FD3BE3.7BC1%howard.390@osu.edu> <39D83CC4.27C99CBE@ubi.edu> <3.0.6.32.20001002102512.009aade0@pop.microtec.net> <20001002114318.C13626@oven.com> <39D8B62A.415AA6E9@rabiner.cncoffice.com>

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

In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> (Re: [Leica] Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)
Message from Lucien <director@ubi.edu> (Re: [Leica] Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)
Message from Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> (Re: [Leica] Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)
Message from Jeff Moore <jbm@oven.com> ([Leica] Re: Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)
Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)