My NEW TOY Leica R4. (1983) - a photo on Flickriver

My NEW TOY Leica R4. (1983)

            The Leica R4 is the first compact SLR of the famous German camera manufacturer.

Born from a joint venture between Leitz and Minolta, the Leica R4 is the first compact single-lens reflex camera of the German manufacturer after the huge and heavy Leicaflex, Leicaflex SL, Leicaflex SL2 and Leica R3. Its production started in 1980. Its performances aren't exceptionnal when compared to the competitors of its time (like the Olympus OM1) but it allows to use the legendary Leica R lenses (in their 3 cams version).

Along with its perfect build, the main strength of this camera is its numerous exposure modes : aperture priority with central-weighted or spot metering with exposure lock, speed priority with central-weighted metering, program and manual. Its main weakness is the lack of TTL flash metering though the flash-sync speed is set automatically with dedicated flash units.

Taken on: November 8, 2008

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