Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The R-E was in production at the same time as the R5 and R6, about ten years ago. The R5 and R6 were 'traditional' Leicas, i.e. very expensive and no compromise construction; they were around £1,500 body only. The R-E was an attempt by Leica to produce a 'cheaper' SLR body, albeit still priced at around £900 but it had a number of plastic parts to keep costs down; it was often 'bundled' with the 28-70 zoom to give consumers a cheaper entry point into the Leica system. Still a superb quality camera, though, but I don't think it was a big sucess due to its' relatively short life(about five years). Simon