[Leica] no more R9 and R lenses

[alal at duke.poly.edu (Akhil Lal)]

When I spoke to Ms Harbets last year she was not very clear on meter 
coupling and auto stop-down operation of existing R lenses with the 
digital R. It was apparent that many design details of the R10 had not 
been finalised.

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. 
The other is that Leica will offer some sort of electromechanical adapter 
that will go between the body and legacy lenses. Of course the simplest 
way for Leica to do it, and the worst case for current R owners, is that 
current R lense will have the same degree of functionality on the R10, as 
they do on an EOS, ie. they will mount on the new body but will not couple 
in any way. Let's hope Leica does not take that route.

   On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote:

> Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>>>>>
> Anyone else curious about the compatibility of your current R camera to the
> new S2 and R10 lenses?
> <<<<
>
> Maike Harberts says the R10 will be compatible with existing R lenses.  To
> what extent I have no idea.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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