[LRflex] Re: Leica S2 in hand
- From: Steve Barbour <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:18:51 -0700
On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:26 PM, David Young wrote:
At 01/10/2008, you wrote:
On Oct 1, 2008, at 5:01 AM, a aa wrote:
Howard,
Did the Leica designer say whether or not the current R lens mount
would be retained for the R10?
and lets run through the S2 mount ..and how it works for current R
lenses...?
HI Steve!
My understanding is that it does not work with current R glass...
the S2 requires new S mount lenses. This is because the sensor is so
much larger, the image circle of R glass will not cover it.
oh...
However, I'm given to understand that the R10 will have a mount
which is fully compatible with existing R glass including (are you
listening, Frank, Mehrdad and others?) auto aperture. The
speculation on the additional contacts is to accommodate AF, which I
am sure the R10 will have. The R10 is to be fully functional in MF,
with all existing R glass. I do expect, however, that most of the
new lenses to be produced in R mounts will be AF designs, modelled
after the S2 lenses.
OK thanks, any idea when that will be?
cheers,
Steve
Cheers!
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