Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Witness the tripod mount on the R8 and R9. Sort of like they figured there might be some heavy, herky lenses - including those that include a rotating lens mount due to center of balance (i.e. 280 f4, 70-180 f2.8 etc.). I gotta believe that Leica calculated the shear weight of all the present and proposed lenses for the M8 and designed the mount accordingly. If they didn't - their bad! Bob On May 24, 2007, at 7:44, Harrison McClary wrote: Just goes to show that tripods and Leica M's are not a good match. Hand held, isn't that what using an M and fast lenses are all about? That does look very painful, I'd not be too happy about the bottom breaking off any of my cameras! -- Harrison McClary Harrison McClary Photography harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography http://www.imagestocksouth.com Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: http://www.mcclary.net/blog _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information