Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/07

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Subject: [Leica] D800/E
From: alal at poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:05:05 -0500
References: <CAF8hL-FyWtACv4CJC_TopfgD6foGwz=mm4Pw=FZ=FP=ecZB5GA@mail.gmail.com> <4E4F602C630A414B9EC44839635AE03F@qck8vqhgou8blu>

Had a quick look at the preview over at DPreview.com . Looks promising. Best 
of all Nikon retained the very useful pop up flash. Let's hope Nikon offers 
a screen optimised for manual focus.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. Lal" <alal at poly.edu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] D800/E


> The D800E looks very tempting indeed. Alas, R lenses will be difficult to 
> use for all the usual reasons: lack of meter coupling and auto stop down 
> operation. With a good  selection of high quality CZ ZF.2 primes now 
> available there's no reason to hold on to any but specialised R lenses. 
> Then there is the possibility of teething troubles so it might be 
> advisable to wait until early adopters have reported on their experiences.
>
> Canon and Sony cannot be far behind, Photokina perhaps? Interesting times.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:34 PM
> Subject: [Leica] D800/E
>
>
>> Not a Nikon shooter, but I suspect a good number of luggers will get this
>> :-)
>>
>> http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/nikon-d800/nikon-d800A.HTM
>>
>> Who will be the first person to ask to put R lens on it?
>>
>> -- 
>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] D800/E)
Message from alal at poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] D800/E)