Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01/09/2006, you wrote: >Wow, I can hardly wait to cover it in black tape! Great bit of >espionage, David. >Gary Todoroff Hi Gary! Some people have made fun of my research, and even called this a "joke photo". But my sources are impeccable, and I believe the photo to be quite accurate. Given the recent difficulties which Leica has gone through, this is the best that their engineers could come up with, given the current financial restraints! Certainly, it lowers the cost of production, so as to restore the firm to a profitable footing. In these days of lower price/ lower expectations, it seems Leica feel that nobody will notice any change in design/build quality. ;-) If I hadn't been "caught in the vault", I'd have got a shot of the back, showing the revolutionary 7" (diagonal) LCD screen which folds out of the back, for occasional - if somewhat awkward - use! Cheers! David. http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/M8_prototype.htm --- David Young, Logan Lake, CANADA Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt