[Leica] Maybe it really is an M9+++ ?

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

  it looks like Kamera Kustom Kulture.

-rei


On 09/21/2010 08:16 AM, Frank Filippone wrote:
> The Titanium edition of the M9 did not interest me until I started looking
> around at the pictures and technology involved....
>
> If the M9 Titanium edition has no RF illumination window, is it really a M9
> Special Edition or another beast ?  The M9++?
>
> Someone commented on the lack of strap lugs... how about the lack of VF
> selection lever?????   Where did that go?
>
> Maybe we should be spending more attention to the new feature and less time
> to the materials and price......?
>
> Do we have a M10 here???????
>
> Just found the official Leica blurb on the M9 Titanium,,,,,  Relevant
> details.....
>
> "New features include the LED illumination of the bright-line frames in the
> viewfinder, removing the necessity for a standard illuminating window and
> making the front aspect of the camera even more balanced."
>
> Forget the "design" features and get onto the technology established
> here......
>
> VF Lines that you can read, in dark light, with (presumably ) corrected
> size, and less internal mechanical guts....
>
> Sounds pretty important to me.....
>
> Then I found this picture.....
> http://en.leica-camera.com/assets/media/img17967.jpg
>
> Which clearly shows a wall of pictures of cameras in a family tree
> presentation....
> And the guy is holding a camera with a "button" just to the right of the
> lens mount... what is that all about?
>
> What are these pictures?  Design concepts?  What is the camera on the lower
> right?  The top looks like it was cut off....?????
>
> This Special edition is getting more interesting from a technology
> standpoint....  for all of us....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
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