Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24

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Subject: Re: Ugly R8
From: Soon Wai Hoe <adisoon@pl.jaring.my>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 02:30:45 +0800

Now that you have mentioned it, it is true, why can't the thing motor-wind
in such a huge body?? 

At 02:27 PM 23-02-97 -0500, you wrote:
>As I see it, the R8 is actually quite an attractively designed camera. 
>While it is somewhat on the chunky side, that doesn't really bother me
>because it handles well.  My main objection is that within that bulk
>there isn't a winder, let alone a faster motor drive.
>
>The Contax RTSIII, for example, has a 5fps motor within a quite
>similarly sized camera.  Many much smaller camera bodies incorporate
>winders so it is quite a puzzle.  The fact that the wonder and motor
>won't be available for another 6 months or so is also puzzling.
>
>_____________________________________
>Michael H. Reichmann
>E-mail:	michael.reichmann@alphanet.net
>______________________________________
>
>>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??
>
>