Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/17

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Cheaper Leica
From: leica at web-options.com (Bob W)
Date: Tue Feb 17 12:17:10 2009
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How come the M8 is so much bigger than the M3 then?

Bob

> 
> Larry,
> there's plenty of room in the film chamber for all the 
> electronics you 
> could ever need for a camera. removing the take up spool would also 
> provude room for the power source.
> 
> I'm still rather sad about the eventual failure of the Rollei 3003 
> concept, that would have been ideal for an interchangeable 
> digital back. 
> (Rollei did have one planned, recording images on a floppy, 
> but it never 
> got far beyond the prototype stage).
> 


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