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Subject: [Leica] A Weight Reduction Plan....
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sun Mar 11 11:58:48 2007
References: <20070311180138.7DJHNWCH38@priv-edmwaa05.telusplanet.net>

Well I'm sure impressed! Nice job of shovelling all those components
in there. I hope that Leica gets feedback about keeping its components
small esp for the M system where size is a major part of the exercise
anyway. The charger for the M8 isn't bad.

Adam

On 3/11/07, David Young <telyt@telus.net> wrote:
>
> Last August, the Brits foiled a plot to put explosives on some 14
> planes.  This resulted in an immediate and total ban on cabin luggage
> for a few weeks.
>
> They relaxed the rules, ever so slightly, just 72 hours prior to our
> departing for Wetzlar/Solms, via London. The "new" cabin baggage
> limits were very small, and it was a real challenge to get the
> R8+DMR, a 21/4, 50/2 and 80~200/4 Vario into an 11x14x6" (28x35x15cm)
> case. After all, I also needed the DMR's charger, an Image bank with
> it's charger and assorted cards,filters and other accessories!  It
> was done, but packed for space, certainly not convenience.
>
> I resolved to make what I could, lighter and more compact. The first
> target was the DMR's charger, which is oversized for the purpose.
>
> I have successfully put it on a diet... the revised charger employs
> the same circuitry as the original, repackaged in a box that is 55%
> smaller, 28% lighter and considerably more convenient.
>
> Photos of my newly trimmed down DMR charger are at:
> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/charger.htm
>
> I apologize for the artifacts in some of the shots... they were
> downsized using a quick and dirty program which works very will for
> small size changes, but not for large ones.
>
> Cheers!
> ---
>
> David Young,
> Logan Lake, CANADA
>
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>
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