Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>grduprey@rockwellcollins.com writes: I think they would be much better off designing a digital M from scratch. And frankly it doesn't have to look EXACTLY like the current M, close would be good enough. Feli<< >From scratch, yes. But, good gawd, talk about thinking inside a very >tightly defined, old-time box. I don't care if the digital M looks like a one-liter bottle of Castrol 20W-50. If it uses my M lenses and produces images as good as my Digital Rebel (I won't hold it to my 20D's standards) I'm a happy M dude. Let's make it easy on the Solmsoidians. Encourage them to dip a toe. Take chance. Be more than they thought they could be. All together, now: "C'mon Fritz, you can do it!" Ooops, that's the BMW motorcyclists' chant. Never mind. -Chris Lawson, pondering the excitement of trying get an oil container-shaped camera through airport security