Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth LaK9 writes: > How about remembering that our friend has started with an R-3 and 50 > Summicron-R. Yes, add a 90 (2,8?) and maybe the 25/4 Voigtlander/Cosina. But > why not suggest a second R-body, say an R-6.2 or R-7? The R-3 is a budget > Japanese Leica one can buy mint/mint for $325.-375. Then $4,000. for a set of > lenses for that single body? Hmmm. Because the body is nothing but a film holder that holds the film at the proper registration and hopefully has a reliable shutter. The system is what you are buying into. The lenses and accessories are the important part of the system. Bodies come and go...but the lenses is what gives the Leica system its identity. We are blessed with a system that shares commonalities between reflex lenses and rangefinder lenses in terms of rendition. I am not going to expound upon your problem with the Japanese nor with fitting a 25/4 VC to a R body. Regards, Will Larsen - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html