dhsimmonds
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Re: Cross-posted LForum: If Leica's MF System kills "R", do you keep DMR-R8/R9
The DMR produces wonderful files with good R glass and should continue to do so for some time. However as is the way of things sooner or later it will fail and need replacement parts and repair. Leica have a very good track record of supporting their obsolete models.........at a more than hefty cost though!
In the case of the DMR, Leica would need Imacon for spares etc and there is the rub. European law requires manufacturer's to supply spares for a period of seven years from date of original manufacture, and there is no law to control prices of those spares. After that date they are off the hook.
Where will we go then for spares and service?
Almost certainly Leica will announce the end of the R line in favour of a new MF reflex camera using non R glass, possibly Leica modified Bronica lenses. MF cameras do not come cheap and you can imagine what the price of a Leica medium format might be.
The DMR produces wonderful files with good R glass and should continue to do so for some time. However as is the way of things sooner or later it will fail and need replacement parts and repair. Leica have a very good track record of supporting their obsolete models.........at a more than hefty cost though!
In the case of the DMR, Leica would need Imacon for spares etc and there is the rub. European law requires manufacturer's to supply spares for a period of seven years from date of original manufacture, and there is no law to control prices of those spares. After that date they are off the hook.
Where will we go then for spares and service?
Almost certainly Leica will announce the end of the R line in favour of a new MF reflex camera using non R glass, possibly Leica modified Bronica lenses. MF cameras do not come cheap and you can imagine what the price of a Leica medium format might be.