Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But I'll bet it looks fabulous laying on an end table next to it's Hermes kid skin case. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of John Collier Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:06 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: rd-1 tests I hate to say this but the problem was not with the RD1. My new 50 Summilux Asph also had a stiff focusing action (only in one direction!) such that it back at Leica right now. It was at times also difficult to focus on an M body. John Collier On Oct 14, 2004, at 5:42 AM, lennie falcon wrote: > i neglected to mention that the focussing cam on the rd-1 was very > imprecise. with a stiff focussing (new) helical it compounds the > problem. the electronics of the rd-1 are good, but the rf is another > story. it has the feel of the early russian knockoffs of the III > series leicas-ought to work, but not quite! question is: do you really > want to spend $2500+ on an un-refined copy camera? > falcon _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information