I think leica is painfully aware of the R gear out there -- nearly 50 years worth of production of superior optics in mounts made to last a couple of lifetimes, which they would have to compete with for sales! Yeah they'd probably sell a 28-90 af, perhaps an 80-200 af to go with the new bodies, but most would keep their MF 19, 21, 60, 80, 100, 180 Summicron, 280, 400, etc. Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com