[LRFlex] Re: Further speculation on the R-10D

David etal


Agreed. At this moment, the Canon 20D w/Leica to EOS adapter is the best bet, but it has no automation. For me, with the 400/f6.8 which has no automation anyway, it's perfect!

While this is a viable alternative I would really like to see a didicated leica digital. The wife has the Rebel and while it is a good camera I find using it in manual mode to be very annoying. Manual focusing is rather difficult to say the least-- very dim view finder -- it's pretty much useless in low light for focusing. Unfortunately IMHO this camera is designed to be used in the fully auto mode only. Of course I'm an old fashioned guy who is still comfortable matching the paddle to the needle.

Last summer, I had the chance to swap cameras for a few minutes with a young lad who had a Canon Digi-Rebel. When he looked through the R8, he happily exclaimed "It's like looking through a picture window!" Indeed, his finder was rather dim - more like the R3, and definitely dimmer than the R5/6 that I sold for the R8.

I'd probably by the R-10D. :)

If Panasonic comes out with a digital body that accepts R lenses, there
would be no chance that I'd buy the Leica digi-back + R8/9. I think they
missed the mark on this one.

I don't know about that. Panasonic has never built an SLR. Even in the digital SLRs there is a lot of mechanical stuff in there and I haven't found a Japanese camera with the Leica feel yet, nor the build quality or the biggest item, repair capability for older models. I dare say that our Sl's and R's will probably out live film. And while the Japanese are buying the Leicas -- how many are using them and how many are just collecting them?

Still so sure of that?  ;-)
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