Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pondering an R8
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:05:16 -0400
References: <200202281433.GAA04395@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <3C7E6A18.1010603@swbell.net>

Ted:

I wonder if the people who complain about the size of a R8 have actually 
compared them to the pro level cameras of the competion.  A R8 with motor 
is smaller and lighter than an EOS 1V with booster or a Nikon F5.

Regards,

Robert



At 10:49 AM 2/28/2002 -0800, Ted Grant wrote:
>Joe Kelly wrote:
> >>> One problem I find with the R8 is sheer size and weight.
> >  It's just too big for my hand size. I suspect this to be true for
> > others. It looks like an Exacta on steroids<<<
>
>But Joe,
>it's not the camera's design fault, it's the size of your hands! ;-)
>
>See if you can trade them in for a larger pair and I bet you'll find the R8
>a piece of cake to handle. ;-)
>ted
>Ted Grant Photography Limited
>www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>
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Replies: Reply from "Joseph Codispoti" <joecodi@clearsightusa.com> (Re: [Leica] Pondering an R8)
In reply to: Message from Joe Kelly <j2kelly3@swbell.net> ([Leica] Pondering an R8)