[Leica] R lenses on Canon

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Doug Nygren  said:
> I'm sure they smile all the way to the bank thinking about this 
> "outrageous" behaviour of Leicaists.  These Leicaists may even become like 
> the consumer lemmings of the digital age and buy one upgrade after 
> another, first the 10D, then the 20D, tomorrow the 30D, or in the words of 
> another lugger, they'll become investors in Canon's R&D.<<<<<

Hi Doug,
Well I suppose some folks would do that, however I think there are a great 
number of 20D -Leica lens shooters that would stay quite happily where they 
are with a 20D. I mean even in my case over the years I didn't switch 
Leicaflex's or R's everytime they made new versions. Even when I did make a 
change it was usually sometime later or a couple of other models before 
doing so.

>>The other day someone noted that Canon one day might design their cameras 
>>so that R lenses could not be attached. <<<

I doubt this very much simply because they'll sell a great number of bodies 
to people with Leica glass who wont be able to afford the Leica digi back, 
therefore they'll buy a Canon body of some sort to go digital and still use 
R lenses.

And many of the R lens people in buying a 20D or whatever, will eventually 
also pop for one or two Canon digital designed lenses as I've done. Simply 
for the auto-focus ability. :-) hey once you've tried it a few times, it's 
like sex, you need more of it! ;-)

ted