[Leica] Red dots

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

That's one ugly camera :-)

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org>
wrote:

> More than a dozen years ago I had one of the first Leica digitals repaired
> by Leica in New Jersey. The camera, a rebadged Fuji Digilux Zoom had some
> issues with its 1.3 megapixel sensor. The technician made a couple of
> adjustments and pronounced the camera fine. As I left the office I
> mentioned that the red dot on the front of the camera had fallen off. Don't
> worry about that the technician replied. He reached his desc drawer and
> handed me a strip of Leica red dots affixed to sticky tape. About a ten, I
> would estimate.
> By the logic recently offered in the LUG that would improve my picture
> quality by over 200%.
>
> In case you want to see what one of the first widely sold Leica digitals
> looked like, here it is with it's Fuji sibling, later sold as the Leica
> 6800.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Digital+Leica.JPG.html
>
> Larry Z
> - - - - -
> "
> DANG Richard! Sorry I forgot the magical aspects of the "LEICA RED DOT!"
> :-)
> But I've always believed the red dot improvement factor was 20%! :-) But
> that's why the LEICA LENSES always cost that extra amount! You're paying
> for
> the Red Dot improvement factor.
> And all my many years, 50 plus shooting LEICA gear! I was always pleased to
> have the red dot to make my photos look extra special. :-)
> cheers,
> ted"
>
>
>
>
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