Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting piece on the Digital R
From: Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:18:15 -0800 (PST)

The PDF is an attachment to an e-mail message.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

- -----Original Message-----
From: Jim Laurel <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
Sent: Feb 11, 2004 1:00 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting piece on the Digital R

Could one of you guys post a link to the PDF for those of us who don't
subscribe to the newsletter?

Thanks - Jim


On 2/16/04 10:52 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Adam - Your post is really interesting because what we have here is a
> great example of beauty etc. being in the eye of the beholder -
> I looked at this same PDF and thought two things:
> 1 - Why are they wasting my time with a photos of engineers and a board
> - and why aren't they telling me more about what the camera will do if
> they succeed?
> 2 - These controls are weirdly laid out. I was particularly put off by
> the four buttons down the left side, which struck me as weird placement.
> 
> The other thing that struck me was that this camera will really be quite
> a behemoth, and that I will at least no longer have to hear complaints
> about "giant" DSLRs from those touting this particular monster. ;-)
> 
> B. D.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Adam
> Bridge
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:13 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Interesting piece on the Digital R
> 
> 
> I opened my e-mail a few minutes ago and found an interesting one-page
> piece from Leica about the progress of the Digital R back.
> 
> This is good for Leica to be doing.
> 
> I hope they continue to inform about what they are doing.
> 
> The more I look at the controls on the back of the camera the more I
> feel that they are getting the ergonomics right. I like the R8's. I
> dislike Canon's.
> 
> I hope they make the image histrogram trivial to access. it's one of the
> great things about working in the digital domain and can really make a
> difference in getting a well-exposed shot.
> 
> Adam
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