Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]geof here are some point to consider 1) people pay a lot more for leica when compared to canon and nikon. 2) batteries can be made anywhere and don't need a special relations with hassleblad 3) i heard from the horses mouth @ PMA when they told me hold on to your stuff, a new R is coming 4) then on/off switch for an r system equivalent or compatible has been used for a while , not good 5) u expect spare parts be available for your camera for a while, in the case dmr, how can u not have the batteries, besides charging for it, it is good pr 6) thanks to george l for keeping the leica r relevant on this list On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > James as you mentioned you don't own an R8 or R9 or DMR module so you may > not be aware of all of the detail on this issue. > The company that did make them has severed its relationship with Leica > Camera since they are now direct competitors. So Leica simply does not > possess the manufacturing capability to produce more even if it made > commercial sense. In fact they were not a commercial success when offered. > Somewhere between 2 and 4000 in total is often mentioned as an estimate > Leica Camera now recommend > http://www.akku-mainz.de/product_info.php?products_id=192 > > > Maybe you could also call for an uprising against Nikon for changing the > lens mount so that those tens if not hundreds of thousands of AI and AIS > lenses would no longer meter on most Nikon SLRs now made ;-) Hardware does > evolve. No need to call for a Jihad ;-) > > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad