Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Re: glass or plastic
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 9:50 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)

Robinsnes@aol.com writes:

> I understand Kodak and Sony now have models that use hot shoes or 
> pc
> sockets so that external light sources can be used. Anyone have any 
> experience
> with these?

I reviewed the Kodak DC260 for a UK publication and *HATED* the thing. The 
handling was truly dreadful. Fifteen seconds from pushing the on button to 
being able to take a picture (there's a software patch which improves 
this, but my colleague found it made only a tiny difference). Neither of 
the viewfinders is adequate. A horrible machine.

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