Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick, The rest of the LUG members who met with Leica at the last photokina will bear this out. That was where Burkhard Keissel told us this story. Amazing but true............ Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Rick Floyd [SMTP:rick_floyd@hotmail.com] Sent: 16 January 2000 18:53 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] LHSA black paint vs. Millennium No, I can't believe it. That sounds like another "fish story" to me. I can assure you that with engineering driven companies such as Leica, the sales department would have little to no input into where the focus ring is placed. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 9:00 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] LHSA black paint vs. Millennium > > It sounds like a similar rationale to why Leica put the focal length > selector ring where they did on the Tri-Elmar. The Sales Department (can > you believe!) assured them that focusing rings always went closest to the > camera body, never mind that the Tri-Elmar was the first of it's kind, so > that's why it's ended up in awkward place to grip, compared to the 'zoom > ring' which is where one's hand naturally wants to fall........ > > Next there'll be a pentaprism on top of the M series as 'that's where these > things go' on cameras, dont they? > > Jem > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Howard [SMTP:mvhoward@mac.com] > LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote, in part: > > I'm still not sure what motivated the redesigned shutter speed > > dial. > > I think the official word was some excuse about being able to turn the > shutter speed dial in the same direction as you would on an R camera. One > of the most stupid excuses for abominably poor human factors design I've > ever heard. > > Martin Howard >