RE: [Leica] You're on the Board!

["Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>]

1. Better film loading.
2. Better film loading.
3. Better film loading.

Dan (who nearly ruined the shutter curtain on his brand new M6 wrestling
with a stubborn roll of Tri-X that would neither feed through nor come back
out)

P.S. Other wish-list features, less important than above (bearing in mind
the source has shot all of two rolls through a Leica M so far :)):

- -- a high eyepoint viewfinder that allows eyeglass wearers to see the 28
frames in the .72x and the 35 frames in the .85x viewers
- -- aperture and shutter speed info in the viewfinder
- -- a center-mounted tripod socket
- -- electronic curtain to accommodate higher shutter speed and faster flash
synch (1/250 would be nice) for fill
- -- aperture- and shutter-priority auto-exposure
- -- NO auto-focus, never, ever
- -- lens caps that fit the hoods, so one can simply leave the hood extended
(or in place) all the time (of course, Ted has me nearly convinced I don't
need the lens cap anyway! :))

And, pertaining to the R system:

- -- ability to mount R lenses on Nikon bodies (hey, if you're going to wish,
wish big!)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rick
> Dykstra
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 5:58 AM
> To: leica-users
> Subject: [Leica] You're on the Board!
>
>
> OK, after a decade of research you've perfected and marketed a new
> technology, genetic computers. They adapt to the computing environment
> you subject them to and grow with your needs.  You list a new company
> called MicroGene and become very rich.  You now have the time to turn to
> your other interests and accept an offer from the Board of Leica AG to
> advise on product developments.  You were approached because you
> understand that an entity can both successfully occupy a niche
> and evolve.
>
> Your first presentation to the Board is nigh, and you show us a
> sneak preview.
>
> What do we see?
>
>
> Rick (this could be fun he thinks, after his wife's new recipe
> and a bottle
> of chardonnay) Dykstra
>
>