Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:57 AM 05-06-97 -0700, you wrote: >Vahan D. Shahinian wrote: >> >> >anyone out there with information on the R8 performance > >A few days ago I was talking to Don Golberg. According to him, the >insides of the R8 are poorly executed. It reminded him of the "East >German" workmanship of the Prakticas. > >Stephen Gandy > The most recent issue of Popular Photography has a review of the R8, including photographs of the innards, and a test of two lenses (the 50/1.4 and the 100 Apo macro). I haven't had a chance to read the reviews yet (need more browsing time in the local magazine store), but perhaps it may address the issues alluded to here. Dan C.