Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, Maybe not the latest, but pretty advanced , at least those made by Collins (Sorry Rockewell Collins as it is known today.) are pretty advanced. ?However, the wiring in aircraft is pretty archaic, both in Boeing and Airbus planes. ?I did a stint a few years ago (8) crossing over from the military side to the commercial side and could not believe some of the practices still being used in commercial aircraft. Gene -------------- Original message from "simon jessurun" <simon.apekop@gmail.com>: -------------- > On older electronics. > all aircraft use non state of the art electronics. > That way the chance of unknown bugs is reduced and the MTBF is more > accurate. > best,simon > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 2:21 AM, wrote: > > > > > > > Also older components does not relate to bad components. A good example > > was the 2N2222 transistor, which was on the market for over 20 years and > > was > > still a top quality part, and for 90% of applications was the perfect > > component. > > > > > > Gene -------------- Original message from wildlightphoto@earthlink.net: > > -------------- > > > > > > > Yama Nawabi wrote: > > > > > > > ... The simple fact remains that a Full-frame sensor > > > >is thought to be 'top of the line', 25600 ISO is thought to be 'top of > > > >the line', and a fast image processor is 'top of the line'. Neither of > > > >these the M8 has. > > > > > > I think of image quality as top-of-the-line or otherwise. > > > > > > Doug Herr > > > Birdman of Sacramento > > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information