Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Mercedes optical glass (was: Leica bashing)
From: Andre Jean Quintal <quia250249@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:02:27 -0500

>D Khong wrote:
[ . . . ]
>-Dave ("haven't even _ridden_ in a Mercedes...")

	My idea of the ultimate Mercedes-Benz "touch"
	will remain that PROGRAMMABLE driver's seat
	for favored driving positions or various drivers . . .
	Not so much the function as the way the designers
	set up the "self explanatory" ergonomic controls.
	Man ! THAT's luxury excelsior !

	There's something that gets me with "simplicity".

	I wonder if they have a special position for
	back seat drivers ...       ;+>)

	Andre Jean Quintal


	PS : Does anyone reading this message
	have URLs for websites put up by people
	who graduated from the Leica Akademie ?
	Or a Leica Akademie "online museum" ?
	I'm extra curious to see for myself what sort
	of directions their photography takes
	after such workshops ?

	I would assume a return to basics,
	far better image composition and lighting
	control, as in the notion of "extracting"
	a photo from a photo op situation
	that's "waiting" to be "grabbed", plus
	enhanced available light awareness,
	much as some sculptors "extract" a
	work of art from the raw material
	they work with.
















	Yet again, what people will forever miss on,
	wwith other brands,
	iis the HEATED winder washer sprinklers
	aand headlamp wipers.
	TThe thermos double windows.
	TThe single wiper on E-Class models.
	TThe 4-MATIC (though some are getting "in"
	iin Canada, finally) and the aggravated
	SS-Class tire motion / suspension / traction
	control systems.