Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Were Canon FD owners as mad at Canon as R users are at Leica? Canon at least had a new camera system, and an adapter. And did not keep promising a nonexistent solution. And there was no issue about battery availability. ;-) On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:44 AM, kyle cassidy on the lug <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote: > Although they won't meter, the AIS lenses will WORK. And getting AI lenses > converted to AIS is not difficult. I think Nikon's refusal to evolve their > hardware is probably their biggest selling point with many pros. My joy at > still being able to use my MF 300 f2.8 is vast...... > > (Metering is overrated on digital bodies anyway. I rarely if ever use it. > i start with a guess and adjust through histogram, I suspect most luggers > are the same way.) > > > On Oct 16, 2010, at 3:06 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> Maybe you could also call for an uprising against Nikon for changing the >> lens mount so that those tens if not hundreds of thousands of AI and AIS >> lenses would no longer meter on most Nikon SLRs now made ;-) Hardware does >> evolve. No need to call for a Jihad ;-) >> >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information