Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/22

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Subject: Re: R8 is ugly
From: David Young <youngs@IslandNet.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 13:28:19 -0800 (PST)

At 04:11 AM 23/02/97 +0800, Soon Wai Hoe  wrote:

>Of all the reviews of the Leica R8 that I have come across. None of them,
>not one, says that it is an ugly, fat, elephant looking thing. A radical
>departure in the look of the R-line should warrant some kind of similarly
>radical opinion. It seems that people are keeping quiet because it is a Leica.
>
>Well??


Just because the R8 is a departure from the previous R bodies in style does
not automatically make it ugly.  I, for one, find the appearance of the R8
gorgeous, and I am the owner of a previous R series camera.  I only wish I
could afford to buy one!


David Young             |  There are no absolutes
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