Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Makes sense to me. I don't have a great deal of experience with longer lens. I used a Nikon 400, 2.8 once and it was huge. Anyway, that makes sense. Frank On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 08:01:59 -0800 Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Perhaps I show my ingorance here . . . but > why > > did they discontinue the R6.2? > > I heard it was a shutter supply problem. Not > really sure, though. > > > The R6.2 seemed to combine a good > > balance of new (multiple meters - TTL flash) > > and classic (mechanical all manual body and > it > > wasn't as big as a tank like the R8/9). Just > > > wondering. > > > > It's not as robust as the Leicaflexes, and some > of us prefer a larger camera > body. The small R4-R7 bodies handle well when > used with smaller lenses but > with a larger lens I need a better grip than > these cameras allow. I tried the > Winder-R and grip; this convinced me that the > R4-R7 bodies are not for me. > The grip prevented me from reaching the shutter > speed dial or mode selector > switch and with the 400 Telyt was painfully > uncomfortable. > > > Doug HerrBirdman of > Sacramentohttp://www.wildlightphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html