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Subject: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 07:48:32 -0700
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It's pretty much true, except I don't use P&S. The E-3 is actually quite big
too, relatively speaking, but it probably won't get use much unless I need
the long reach

And the XPan, which is like a bigger M.

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:25 AM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> So I guess your'e stuck only using M's, point & shoots, and 4/3'ds cameras.
>  Everything else would be too big.  Bummer!  ;-)
>
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 3:47:47 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS :
> Leica annual report
>
> I don't like it much because of my small hands :-)
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Frank Dernie
> <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
> > I am not aware of anybody who has used one disliking the body design. The
> > ergonomics are excellent and the controls super. Some may not like the
> > styling, I am not that big a fan of the styling myself, but my only
> > complaint on my R8 is that the mode/power dial is moved by the strap
> whilst
> > carrying it, other than that it is a better designed camera than every
> Canon
> > I have used, and than most Nikons too.
> > cheers,
> > Frank
> >
> > On 3 Aug, 2010, at 21:58, Richard Man wrote:
> >
> > > I hear what you are saying (not that I am Leica or anything :-) but for
> > > every R8/R9 lover, there seems to be a good number of R8/R9
> "dis-likers"
> > > too. Certainly the sales just do not hold up. Why would Leica continues
> > to
> > > use the same body design when there are resistance to it?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:31 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
> > > mac.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> yep - that's all we're look'n' for
> > >> keep it simple
> > >>
> > >> ;~)
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> George Lottermoser
> > >> george at imagist.com
> > >> http://www.imagist.com
> > >> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Aug 3, 2010, at 3:23 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> as long as it was full frame and had a bright view finder.
> > >>
> > >>
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