Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: S London <srlondon@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 19:06 Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Users digest V12 #76 > It is my hope that, as you say, Leica will find > a way to improve the M6 in ways other than adding > a built-in motor drive or AF. It is my hope that Leica will simply learn to market the M6 as it already is today. > I hope that they are willing to admit that the mechanical > RF is a dead end from the design perspective. You seem to imply that the RF is overlooking some major technological change in film photography. Film photography has been essentially the same for nearly a century now; I don't see any dramatic changes on the horizon. Given this, what's wrong with just keeping the same design? When was the last time you saw an updated design of a pencil, a screwdriver, or a fork? -- Anthony