Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My R8 is spending the next month or so in New Jersey. Seems Leica is not only over loaded with repair work but they are short staffed as well. They had one person retire and another had to be let go. Back in June I picked up an R5 and motor from Jim Kuehl as a backup and I'm using it much more now that the R8 is away. My question to the group's R7 owners is this: Is the R7 a worthwhile upgrade/replacement to the R5? What could/should I sell the R5 for and/or what should I expect to pay for an R7? I really like the idea of 1/2 stop shutter speeds (as in the R8). I shoot a lot of sports at maximum aperature, so the 1/2 stop shutter speed makes sense when I need to open up 1/2 stop and the aperature is already wide open! Opinions appreciated, Dave Strang dstrang@up.net - ----Pentium Pro/Windows NT 4-SP3/Zip100/Zip250/Jaz2GB/Astra 600S scanner/RedHat Linux 5.0/MSVC++ 5.0/MSVC++ 6.0/PowerStation Fortran 4.0/Photoshop 4.01/Photoshop 5.0/Illustrator 7.01/KPT 3.0/KPT 5.0/PhotoTools 3.0/Portfolio 4.0/Total XAOS/Matlab 5.0/Maple V/Office 97 Pro+SR2/MacOpener 4.0/AMIGA 1000/AMIGA 2000-GVP030 Combo/AMIGA 3000(2)/Indigo 2 XZ/IRIX 5.3/IRIX 6.2/ and member of UP.NET!