Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adi: I find it beautiful. And functional. It needed a change. The Rs, especially with motor drive was/is awkward. Without grip it is impossible. The R8, with drive or motor, at least from pictures, is elegant. I also like the look of the Nikon F4 and the EOS-1n. Of course, the best looking is through the viewfinder. Donal Philby San Diego Soon Wai Hoe wrote: > > Of all the reviews of the Leica R8 that I have come across. None of them, > not one, says that it is an ugly, fat, elephant looking thing. A radical > departure in the look of the R-line should warrant some kind of similarly > radical opinion. It seems that people are keeping quiet because it is a Leica. > > Well?? > > --Adi