Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > Wait until the digital back is released. Who knows what the lens mount > requirements might be. Perhaps you will only be able to use ROM lenses. >On Feb 6, 2004, at 2:31 PM, sventbh wrote: > >> A friend of mine suggested the first one (he is a professional >> photographer) >> because both should be very good and should fullfil my needs big time. >> The >> Module system is ROM equiped, the first one not. Is that a major >> obstacle? > According to Leica's information at http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/rsystem/digitalmodul/index_e.html any lens with the R metering cam will work. I suspect that even this isn't nessesary, since the R8 and R9 meter cam followers rest at the nul position, and that stop-down metering will also work just as it does when using the film back. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html