[LRflex] Re: Future R system
- From: "Axel Collier" <axel.collier@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 10:58:37 +0200
Thank you David, this is exactly what i wanted to know !
I just wanted to make sure i did not miss anything important.
greetings, Axel
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Young" <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 9:16 AM
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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