[LRflex] Re: Future R system
- From: "Axel Collier" <axel.collier@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 11:19:34 +0200
"but I might attempt it with the Sony Nex-5 along side with M mount lenses"
Hi Gary
not sure i understand what you mean. You can use Leica M lenses on the Sony
? A link with information would be appreciated. Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary E" <ge_crocus@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Leica Reflex" <LeicaReflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 8:06 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Future R system
> Hi Axel,
>
> I have been waiting for some time for Leica to produce their somewhat
> promised
> Leica R digital solution. But to look at it truthfully, if there is no
> offering
> at the next Photokina I too agree with David that the system is dead.
> Unfortunately I also feel that this is what Leica wanted us to do in the
> first
> place. They didn't want to invest more into an old lens system and had
> hoped
> that Leica buyer's had deep enough pockets to buy into their new S line.
> The S2
> seems like a fantastic camera only I don't want to mortgage anything to
> get it;
> or any digital solution for that matter (unless making $$$ from it).
>
> Now I've never tried the DSLR route with the accompanying adapters, but I
> might
> attempt it with the Sony Nex-5 along side with M mount lenses as well. I
> am
> coming down to my last 98 rolls of film in the freezer and will probably
> stop
> (or at least slow to a crawl) using film as it has recently become quite
> inconvenient to buy and use for me.
>
> Related to your first question is the what's truely sad is the R lenses
> are
> really good in optical quality and constructed quite well compared to
> anything
> else out there. I find their last ROM released lenses quite exceptional.
> As
> for the rest, there are really no low grade lenses maybe with the
> exception of
> the Minolta/Sigma designed offerings; though I've never tried any and only
> say
> so through from what I've read.
>
> I will use my R system till the last roll of film is sold.
>
> Regards,
> Gary E
>
> Previously from David------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:16:31 -0700
> From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Future R system
>
> At 12:01 AM 05/08/2010, you wrote:
>>Another thing that has been discussed plenty here is the future of
>>the R system. Sorry but i dont have the time to read everything, so :
>>Can you guys tell me what the latest situation is on this ? I dont
>>want to start some discussion here, just want to know (in short) the
>>facts. Thank you and greetings !
>
>
> Hi Axel!
>
> The facts are that Leica have announced that there will be no
> successor in the R line. All their remaining stock has been sold
> off, at bargain rates, and is available through a small number of
> retailers.
>
> There is to be an "adequate solution" for we who own R glass, but it
> is now a couple of years, with no solution in sight, rumoured or
> announced.
>
> If there is no "adequate solution" for R users announced at the
> upcoming Photokina, you can probably assume that the R is a dead
> end. Sad, but true.
>
> And that's about it.
>
> All of this, of course, has led to a large number of people putting
> Leitax mounts on their R glass and moving to Pentax, Nikon, etc. Of
> course, R glass can also be used on Canon and Olympus (4-Thirds &
> Micro 4 Thirds) cameras, via adapters. All of these solutions are
> stop-down metering only, but otherwise quite successful. YMMV.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> -------------
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> Logan Lake, BC, Canada
>
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>
>
>
> -Gary
>
>
>
>
>
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