[Leica] no more R9 and R lenses

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Me too.

"the development of the S2 (its first AutoFocus camera), will feed into the
development of a future generation of the R-system."
This is a quote on what's going on from dpreview who is buying into this I
guess. I'm not.
If there is a system comes out which does not use the existing R glass its
not a future generation of the R-system. Its an entirely new SLR system from
Leica.
Just like the Canon EOS system and the Canon F system are two separate
systems. Same format. Both SLR. But you're not putting the f glass on your
EOS. It falls right off they tell me.
Its as if people are saying that "R" when you talk Leica means SLR.
But it just ain't so.
The S system is an example.

Threes a lotta R glass out there I guess people will use them on their
Nikons and Canons with an adaptor that was a lug thread a few weeks ago. Or
some third party company will come out with a body and put a "Leica" on top
of it with a red dot on the side and "Germany" on the box. And everybody
will talk about how their new Leica compares to their Canon.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: David Rodgers <drodgers at casefarms.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:56:58 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Conversation: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses
> Subject: Re: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses
> 
> I applaud any company that maintains some degree of backward
> compatibility. I'm sure it would be easier to only look forward and not
> look back. But I've remained a loyal Nikon user because over the years
> they've remained true to the F mount.
> 
> DaveR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank F. Farmer [mailto:summicron at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:06 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses
> 
> 
> On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Akhil Lal wrote:
> 
>> I am expecting that the r10 will use electronic coupling between the
>> body and the new line of lenses, in the manner pioneered by the EOS
>> system, and as used in the S2. In that case it is difficult to see
>> how the electronic contacts in the R10 will be able to couple to the
>> mechanical linkages in current R lenses. One possiblity is that
>> leica will build into the R10 a parallel mechanical system of cams
>> and feelers for use with legacy lenses.
> 
> Isn't that what Nikon did with the F4?  It was one of the few AF
> cameras that could use the older AI-S lenses with the new matrix meter
> because, as I understand it, it had mechanical coupling for the older
> lenses in addition to the electronic contacts for the newer  lenses.
> I could be wrong.  Of course, I believe the mechanical coupling was
> ultimately dropped because of cost in later models.
> 
> Frank Farmer
> Jackson, Miss.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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