Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bill: Now I am fascinated by the different messages. I clicked on the link below and got one of those "this page cannot be displayed." The quote I posted was from the current Leica Camera wesite and is not a carryover from the R8. I checked both before copying the R9 excerpt. I would love to see what is on the below link. Will keep trying. Thanks, Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Marshall" <billgem@hotmail.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: Was RE: [Leica] DSLR choice - now Zeiss-Ikon > Seth, > > I also have read what is on the Leica website in the product description > sections. And I underwent considerable confusion when I found numerous > other references to magnesium as the primary reason for the lighter weight > of the R9 vs. the R8. However, I found that there had been considerable > discussion on internet forums of this apparently contradictory information > back in 2002 -03 when the R9 first came out. Please check the link from > the Leica website I have listed below to verify the fact that the topcover > is in fact magnesium. I think that the other description which you > referenced was a carryover from the R8 that was never caught by an editor > & which Leica has never corrected. > > www.leicacamera.com/unterneheim/presse/data/02965/index_e.html > > Best regards, > Bill > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >