Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pondering an R8
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 10:39:58 -0800
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Dan Cardish wrote:
> 
> The R8 is very large, very heavy.  Some people like those features in a
> camera, other don't.
> 
> dan c.
> 

With a winder or motor it's a little big for a tourist camera you'd have
on your neck all day.

But for serious shooting with the lenses as big as they are an R8 with
motor or winder makes a typical counterweight you expect from cameras
you shoot with now a days.

A camera like a Nikon F100 or Contax Aria does not counterweight the big
glass effectively.

You need a big boy camera for long lens use or the use of an 80-200
zoom. Even a normal zoom.



Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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In reply to: Message from Simon Stevens <simon@camera-craftsman.com> (Re: [Leica] Pondering an R8)
Message from Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca> (Re: [Leica] Pondering an R8)