Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Photokina visitors...R you experienced?
From: "Wilber Jeffcoat" <wilber@jeffcoatphotography.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 12:23:56 -0400
References: <B5FD3BE3.7BC1%howard.390@osu.edu> <39D83CC4.27C99CBE@ubi.edu> <3.0.6.32.20001002102512.009aade0@pop.microtec.net> <20001002114318.C13626@oven.com>

Your coment is right on. While in Cape Cod I got to play with the 180 f2,
this is huge lens. I was right at home on the R8
Cheers Wilber
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Moore" <jbm@oven.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:43 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Photokina visitors...R you experienced?


> 2000-10-02-10:25:12 Dan Cardish:
> > I realize that there are many people on the LUG who appreciate the
largish
> > size of the R8.  But what I had in mind were those people (such as
myself)
> > who value the compact size of the M6, and would appreciate a similarly
> > sized and equipped reflex camera.
>
> Ah, if only the jewel-like little Contax Aria could mount our favorite
> lenses...
>
> But seriously, folks, when you strap a modern R lens, even as big as
> the 100 Apo Macro and certainly the bigger ones, onto an R8... it just
> doesn't seem outsized at all.  It seems in proportion.  The R lenses
> are built on a sizeable scale.
>

In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> (Re: [Leica] Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)
Message from Lucien <director@ubi.edu> (Re: [Leica] Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)
Message from Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> (Re: [Leica] Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)
Message from Jeff Moore <jbm@oven.com> ([Leica] Re: Photokina visitors...R you experienced?)