Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not only Leica, by also Zeiss has taken this position. Zeiss did overcome it with the development of the AX. It has been suggested that Leica did some work with either Zeiss and/or Yashica/Contax's parent in developing the system. I do not 'know' if AF lenses compromise quality, but to me they do feel sloppy and loose in comparison to manual focus. Also, because of the mass, the use of plastics subjectively leaves me with the feeling that they will not last as long. I'm not suggesting the optics are compromised, only the barrells and things like helicals, etc. I have a feeling that Leica would rather take the conservative position and wait as it did until it feels the technology it chooses is up to their quality standards. Realistically, the extra contacts on the body will not have any future use, unless they have a present use. I doubt that a company (even Leica) would offer retroactive fitting of a function without having it in their brochures. No, I don't have any idea of why it would be there, as as you indicated it won't be the first time. Brian Levy, J.D. Agincourt Ont. dlevy@worldy.com