Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Contax has been offering such a model since 1994: the RX. I'd prefer this capability to "full-fleged AF" because it's compatible with existing lenses. Just look at the lenses of the Contax N1 - big in size and small in speed. Except feet-dragging, I see no valid reason why Leica is so dismissive. After all, the technology is a lot less innovative/eccentric/you-name-it than the shape of the R8. Andrew >Message-ID: <FNEJJHFHEKJEDPNPNCFEAELGCNAA.cyberdog@attglobal.net> >References: > >Early next year ??? > >That's new to me. Leica made it known during the chatting session on the R >future that fitting such focusing assistance would require almost identical >capabilities in the body as with full-fledged autofocus. They seemed to be >quite dubious, not to say dismissive, whether such a system would one day >come to the R. I agree, though, that such digital focus assistance would >come in very handy under lots of circumstances. It's the biggest item on my >R wishing list. > >Pascal >NO ARCHIVE - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html