Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Honemann wrote: > > > Why not just use the Konica lenses on the Hexar body and Leica lenses on > > the Leica body and avoid all compatibility problems? > > Because a lot of folks who are already heavily invested in Leica lenses > would love to be able to use them with any or all of the following > functions: > > -- a usable 1/125s flash synch > -- a self-timer > -- 1/4000s top shutter speed > -- quiet, built-in motor drive > -- AE and AEL > > If Leica offered these in an M body, I'd be first in line to buy it. > > Dan Dan all the above features would not be anywhere near enought to get me to put my Leica glass on their camera. Not even close. I'm GLAD the Leica lenes don't fit the damn konicas. I'm sick of hearing about them. Sorry! Leica photography is what I'm interested in surprisingly enough. That's why I'm on the LUG: the Leica list. -- AE and AEL? bullcrap!!! -- quiet, built-in motor drive? buzz buzz whiz gee whiz that is not what Leica is about at all. -- 1/4000s top shutter speed? who needs it? I've got cameras which go to 1/8000 which sit and rot. -- a self-timer? fru fur stuff I've got a separate add on one i never use. Not on my Rolleiflex or Hasselblad either. - -- a usable 1/125s flash synch? might be nice but just not what Leica m has ever been about. I wish the cloth shutters were still made of silk! I've done plenty of flash at a 50th it's not the end of the world. You just need a brighter flash. The whole Konica deal is not the Leica deal at all. A worthy camera. But my head set is with Leica. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/