Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Again, Feli - don't get me wrong - If the R8/9 works for you, as it obviously does for many on this list, including Ted Grant among others, then it's the right camera for you. I got into this as a discussion of Leica products/marketing. In terms of marketing today, the R line is a loser, not matter how superb it may be as a manual focus SLR. A company's saying they make the best manual focus SLR with 'okay' flash capability for $2K, plus how much more for a medium speed motor, is like a company's saying they make the best black and white 21 inch t.v. out there - it may be true, but the market's pretty damn limited. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 2:49 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Ten years behind? I think not. On May 5, 2004, at 11:30 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > But Gene, for most photojournalists, the "outside of autofocus," and > "with the exception of flash capability," are enough to end the > discussion. I can see the lack of autofocus being an issue for many shooters. > And as to the motors - what's the top fps on the R8/9? 4.5 fps Feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information