Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why is the R8 selling for so much less than the R9? Less than half the cost at KEH anyway. Jim On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote: > Marty, I shoot with an R6.2 > > But I thought I would try an R7 for its auto mode, and R5 because it was > dirt cheap. > I sold both very quickly because of the shutter stroke and lag. > I was very very surprised, because the R6.2 doesn't have that shutter lag. > And I was also very pleasantly surprised with the R9, at how light and > comfortably it fit my hand. > > So - find yourself an R6.2 - it is manual, but a much better feel than the > R7 and R5. > > Vick > > > On 12/5/2011 5:43 PM, Marty Deveney wrote: >> >> When you do Richard, please let me know if it has the longest, awfullest >> shutter release known in cameradom. I recently found some Leica R >> lensesand >> an R5 I had neglected for over a decade. I also got an RE. They both have >> an >> awfully long shutter travel, with a really uncertain feeling at the >> release >> point. Impossible for me to use well. I'm still considering an R8/9, but >> I'd >> prefer some of the smaller and lighter Leica bodies. If the R6/6.2 have >> decent shutter releases, I'd be able to live with them. Marty >> _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information