Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] A tad noncommittal X1 review
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:31:16 -0600
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> DPReview have reviewed the Leica XI and while saying it has aspects of a
> silk purse, they are also saying it has the touch of a sow's ear in some
> areas.
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/LeicaX1/
>
> While I think it's a wonderful looking piece of kit, who's using one here
> and can they comment?
>

I think they could have gone a little further and made the pillbox flash and
the 1990's point and shoot extending lens a tad more elegant for the amount
of money they're asking.

Closed up, and from the back it looks nice though. ;-)

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Regards,

Sonny
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