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Subject: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:16:46 +0200
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On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:44 AM, <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> <philippe.amard at 
sfr.fr> wrote:

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> philippe
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> Message du : 04/08/2010
> De : "Frank Dernie " <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
> A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Copie ? : 
> Sujet : Re: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : 
>   Leica annual report
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> 
> I am not aware of anybody who has used one disliking the body design. The 
> ergonomics are excellent and the controls super. Some may not like the 
> styling, I am not that big a fan of the styling myself, but my only 
> complaint on my R8 is that the mode/power dial is moved by the strap 
> whilst carrying it, other than that it is a better designed camera than 
> every Canon I have used, and than most Nikons too.
> cheers,
> Frank
> 
> On 3 Aug, 2010, at 21:58, Richard Man wrote:
> 
>> I hear what you are saying (not that I am Leica or anything :-) but for
>> every R8/R9 lover, there seems to be a good number of R8/R9 "dis-likers"
>> too. Certainly the sales just do not hold up. Why would Leica continues to
>> use the same body design when there are resistance to it?
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:31 PM, George Lottermoser  wrote:
>> 
>>> yep - that's all we're look'n' for
>>> keep it simple
>>> 
>>> ;~)
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
>>> george at imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 3, 2010, at 3:23 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>>> 
>>>> as long as it was full frame and had a bright view finder.
>>> 
>>> 
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>> // richard 
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