I think if Leica was really smart, they'd redesign the few R lenses that don't clear the mirror on the 5D so that they were safe to mount, and then release a Leica-made REOS adaptor. The money is in the lenses and the R glass is rather popular these days with those willing to give up AF and open aperture metering to get truly world-class ultra-wides on EOS. R lenses would likely be more popular than they are if it wasn't for the fact that mirror clearance is more of an issue with R lenses than with C/Y or OM lenses (Which are the other two truly popular options, Nikon users having tended to go Nikon for digital).
-Adam John Celio wrote: > Just curious: Considering this was news years ago, what prompted you to post > about it? > > At my last job, we were a major Leica dealer for the Bay Area. Most of our > Leica sales were for the M series stuff, but we had a very dedicated base of > R users, including a couple employees. The people who used Rs, especially > the last two models, swore by them: they're built like a tank, they're big > but comfortable, they have all the features one needs, etc. A couple years > before the shop closed, we were in the process of designing a Leica Boutique > to be built inside the store. Camera West, down in Monterey, has a > beautiful Leica Boutique (the first, I believe) that I saw around the time > Reed's was planning theirs, and it blew me away. It's heaven for Leica > users, and apparrently Leica was working with a very small number of camera > shops around the country to build more boutiques like it. Sadly, Reed's > boutique never happened. > > Quick on-topic note: towards the end, Reed's was working on a deal with > Pentax to become a major Pentax dealer. It didn't happen either, but wow, > it would have been a dream come true for me. > > I loved the M cameras, but I can understand that people would want Leica > optics with the accuracy of an SLR. I figure a rangefinder wouldn't be > ideal for shooting portraits, for instance. > > Two or three of our more well-off customers ordered the Digital Module R. I > got to hold an R9 with the module attatched for about 10 seconds, not enough > time to form an opinion, but I thought it was kinda nice. Hefty, sure, but > that's the R series for you. > > It's too bad the DMR is no longer in production. I hope Leica comes up with > something new to keep the R series going. Perhaps a digital-only R10, but > smaller and lighter, to attract new users? > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:22 PM > Subject: Leica Camera AG - R System > > >> http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/r_system/ >> >> For film & digital. It's shoots on film and with digital back - it's >> DSLR in seconds. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
