one that gets stuck at about 28mm , is sent back for repair, gets lost on the way (infamous Solms/Wetzlar/Osaka triangle), and is finally replaced together with the camera - happened to me in septembre 2007, and to Xavier this spring (see archives) ...
hope this helps :-( phx mehrdad wrote:
Phlippe, what is a blocked 14-50mm? On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard@xxxxxxxx> wrote:mehrdad wrote: there is not much cost for leica to stay in 4/3rds system and their leica branded lenses are selling well, always out of stock. BUT so fragile ... many reports now of blocked 14-50 (mine first, others on the LUF, on the pana lists, and last one I've heard of was Xavier's .. phx but i do think their own internal effort would be either a full frame or 1.33, for me to buy one the following needs to be true 1) a split focusing screen 2) same mount 3) no stopping down with the current R lenses On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:19 PM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: For some weeks now, I have been hearing rumours that Leica will abandon the 4/3rds format for their dSLRs. This does not make sense to me, as the Digilux cameras are made by Panasonic, and they are firmly in the 4/3rds camp, being closely aligned with Olympus. I think this rumour comes from the fact that the coming R10 will not be 4/3rds, but then nobody ever thought it would be. The only question is whether the R10 will be a full frame, or a 1.33 crop factor, like the M8. There is a new interview with Andreas Kaufmann, which seems to confirm what we already suspect - that the R10 will have AF lenses, and that it will not be 4/3rds format. As for the rest, well, read it for yourself, and draw your own conclusions... http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/5316/the-future-of-leica.html Cheers! --- David Young, Logan Lake, CANADA Limited Edition Prints at: www.furnfeather.net Personal Web-site at: www.main.furnfeather.net Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4 ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
