[LRflex] Re: Leica S2 in hand
- From: mehrdad <msadat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:53:10 -0700
Agreed Frank, if leica abandons their base, it will be a tough sell to
nikon and canon owners.
now on the look @ feel, i do love the r8/r9 design and how it handles
and it seems that the S2 is following the same design. i sure hope the
r10 dose so too
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If they can not provide auto-aperture with the current R lenses, tell them
> to cancel the camera. It will be a disaster..
> This is the one feature that will make the Canon and Olympus and all the
> other ( read this as significantly cheaper and possibly already available to
> potential buyers) cameras with adapters go away. Completely and absolutely.
>
> Auto apersature is a 1960's issue.... maybe before..... even the Exakta
> could do it...... It is NOT optional. No ( technical, Germanic, Austrian,
> marketing BS, or otherwise) excuses.. I could care less how hard it is to
> do. Get it in there.
>
> Without the sbility to USE ( not kludgey) the old lenses, the bodies will
> not sell... I don't care how many GP, low light, optimum quality, or
> otherwise. Ergonomics is terribly important.
>
> So how so I really feel? Like this is critical.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> The one "price" for this compatibility will be the mechanism required
> to actuate the aperture in the older lenses. Electronic aperture
> control (as is done in Canon and the S2, among others) is cheaper to
> implement than a mechanical method, while also being more
> reliable. Doing both would cost Leica more. But, again, Pentax has
> kept their mechanical aperture control and maintained a very
> competitive price. So, if they can do it, I guess Leica can, too.
>
>
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