Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Autofocus & Leica- Reason For Rom
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:18:07 -0600

At 01:58 PM 3/29/99 +0200, you wrote:
>yesterday I went to a small foto fair and talked a bit to the guy at
>the Leica stand. When I asked him about autofocus lenses, he told me
>that this is against their philosophy. He said that the mechanical
>precision for AF lenses can't be as high as for MF lenses. I should go

More like they haven't yet solved the problem of having high precision 
mechanisms that move easy enough to be fast enough to compete with other AF 
systems and not wear the batteries out too fast. It isn't AF that's against 
their philosophy, it's the compromises most other camera makes have made.

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Prejudiced people are all alike.