Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Good Marketing
From: Wilber Jeffcoat <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 13:46:49 -0400
References: <000d01bfc720$f4dbf540$c73ffea9@ELNred735i>

Your going to loose very little. With the rom your auto and program exposures
will be very accurate, but not that much more than a 3 cam. The other thing is
the auto zooming of a coupled strobe (Metz 40MZ-3i). Other than this I not sure.

Cheers Wilber

Frank Filippone wrote:

> With the price of "demo" R8's being $1400 or less, I think Leica has finally
> hit the magic marketing sweet spot.  The camera is admittedly awesome.  At
> substantially less cost than a Nikon F5.
>
> They may not make too much money on the bodies, their sale of lenses will
> propel them back to financial stability.  I am really happy that someone at
> Leica noticed this strategy.  I am still put off purchasing by the cost of
> the ROM lenses.... $2000+ each.
>
> Now that I have gushed all over the strategy, I need to get an answer to
> this....
>
> What happens to the R8 if I use non-Rom lenses?  WHat features remain
> useable?  What features do I lose?  I am most concerned with metering, auto
> diaphragm operation and general "fit".
>
> Basically I am considering using 3 or 2 cam lenses with a R8.
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net

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