[LRflex] Re: The other R10 - Leica User Forum
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:18:14 +0200
Hi David,
My translator/proofreader mentality - a mistake like that at an
international fair is not excusable.
I would have been hung, drawn and quartered for letting it through.
Although there were the issues with scratched films in the early R8
models - I was in the factory at Solms when one of the Leica people
admitted it, problems with the motordrive too.
I personally don't see any necessity for cooperation between Leica and
anyone else on precision engineering, optics, state-of-the- art
materials or design. ACM has a few companies in their corporate pockets
who work along these lines too - companies very soon to be neighbours in
the Leitz Park.
They will, I am almost certain, continue to work with Fujitsu on
processors and Kodak + Phase One on sensors. (all to background music
from the Mozarteum Orchestra :-) )
The groundwork has been very thoroughly laid with the S2 - so let's give
them a chance to do it again with the R10. a new set of AF lenses and
complete compatibility plus focus confirmation with manual focus R-lenses.
Cheers
Douglas
David Young wrote:
G'Mornin' Douglas!
You wrote:
Lack of quality assurance is the most interesting :-)
Where do you see this, in the posts? Personally, I have always found
the QA to be excellent, on the R5 and later. Of course if you're
talking about the R10 being built in cooperation with Minolta/Sony or
Panashiba, then it's possible they could have a disaster like they
early R4. However, I believe that the R10 will be an all Solms
undertaking, as was the R8/9/S2.
Now, if the R10 is based on the R7 (not the R8/9 - a design
catastrophe - in spite of its excellent ergonomics) they may have a
customer for an R10.
Having owned both the R8 and R9, I can only agree that they are
superbly performing cameras, with outstanding ergonomics. (I actually
liked their looks!) But they were still large, and heavy. I'd much
prefer the form-factor of the R4 through 7. If Pentax can do what
they did with the K10/K20, then there is no reason that Leica cannot
make the R10 in the size of the R7.
My one concern with a smaller body is the size of the pentaprism.
Although I do not understand the optics/physics of it all, I do know
that /(all other things being equal)/ a larger pentaprism will result
in a brighter finder. I think that to be successful, the finder must
be as good as the R8/9 finder, though Doug will still want one of the
SL quality. ;-) If they can achieve that, in a smaller body, then
I, too, may be a customer, even after the experiences I've had at the
hands of Leica.
Cheers!
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