Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The R8/9 are most definitely not Minoltas. The R7 and R6 I beleive are only using the Minolta chassis, the R4 & 5 may be based on Minoltas, but using them side by side with the so called Minolta originals there is a definite difference, I know as I did a comparison back then. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> > > > Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > >> I think they will call it an R10 even with some very big innovation at > > hand. > >> That's my strong guess. > >> > >> The reason for one is I think they want to give a feeling of > >> continuation. > >> That Leica has survived. Prevailed. Survived the digital age. > >> And that what people are buying into is a company which goes way back to > > the > >> brass age and Ernst Leitz with bodies lovingly nudged together with > >> wooden > >> hammers (mallets) and HCB and all the rest. > > > > IMHO the Leicaflexes go back to the brass-and-mallet era much more than > > the > > R bodies do. > > > > Doug Herr > > > For sure the Leicaflex is the SLR M3. > > The R's might be ok but are Minoltas most of them. > They sure don't have the Leica feel or look. > The glass though most of it is worth it. > > I'd like to get into shooting some stuff with Leicaflex and much of this > being input form you Doug. > And also the R8/9 intrigues the heck out of me. > The DSM though doesn't get my attention. I'll wait till their first DSMSLR. > > Mark William Rabiner > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information