----- Original Message -----
From: "Toralf Lund"
Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)
I don't really know a lot about Leica, so they may well have their
problems, too. I've just been assuming that have a high degree of
compatible because they've used their current bayonet mounts for a very
long time, and there are adaptors for even older lenses, and I haven't
heard about any major issues like the Nikon ones, but that could be
because I haven't listened very carefully...
I was referring specifically to the Leica R bodies, not the M bodies, and
was basing my comment on a converstaion with one user many years ago.
As I mentioned, I could be wrong.
Nikon seems to have gotten things together now, but for a while, it was a
minefield, the only way you could be sure of lens/body compatability was to
make sure the lens was contemporaneous with the camera.
Even now, they have forward compatability issues with old lenses not able to
mount at all, or work on new bodies, though new lenses will mount, and
generally will work on older bodies.
William Robb
