Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, It may be awkward, but not that bad. I use my Elmarit-R 2.8/28 with an adapter on my Oly E-510, and it works ok in aperture-priority mode. If I want to focus wide open, I then have to manually stop it down, but you can get used to it. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] no more R9 and R lenses - compatibility with new AFsystem > The compatibility issue is of most importance... with new lenses in the > $5K > range each ( prices of recent fast M lenses ), a new system with AF and > all > the goodies of 4 lenses is a basic investment of a few tens of thousands > of > dollars. Ain't chicken feed. What helps render that point not so bad, is > the useability of the older R lenses..... Some new with AF and others > older ( and maybe already owned) for MF makes the expense much less, and > opens up the new system to many more people.... > > If the aperture connections render the R lenses on an R10 to be basically > the same as R lenses on a Nikon or Canon DSLR, then the reason to buy > Leica > R 10 is the quality of the images compared to the Canon/Nikon body. Now > we > have a horse race...... and maybe. In this case, good enough is really > good > enough. > > It would be a horrible mistake to make the older R lenses not fully > auto-aperture compatible with the R10. > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > I doubt very much if I will ever buy a new R outfit if > the compatibility > of old R lenses is no better than fitting R lenses with Nikon mounts > on Nikons (i.e. no > auto diaphram). > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >