Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alas poor R system we hardly knew ye. I am amazed that Leica still bothers to make R cameras. According to the latest financials on their web site R sales are way way down. I own and enjoy an R6 and SL2 and a modest collection of R lenses. The recent comments here remind me of the only on line chat Leica hosted it was about a year and a half ago and they had engineers and one could e mail them and get real time responses... As I recall a lengthly thread went on and on about how the R 8 was no larger or heaver than an EOS1 or F5...with the response from those of us in the peanut gallery that yes this is true but the EOS and F 5 manage to incorporate auto focus and motors in the same weight and bulk. I think the R8 is huge and ugly. You may like it... I would love to have the money invested in the R system R&D (however little that can be) and production and inventory (apparently Leica has a couple years worth of R8 bodies in finished goods inventory) put into making a digital back for my M cameras... Perhaps Tom will make one for us... - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html