[Leica] Range finder cameras - what's left to improve?

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard F. Man)]

I said it already, and it makes it even more reliance on battery, but I 
would like to have the display of the shutter speed and aperture in the VF, 
and an easier to use exp. compensation system on auto mode. The 
compensation system is now so bad that I just switch to manual in those 
situations.

At 06:15 PM 10/4/2004, Adam Bridge wrote:

>So we're talking about range finder cameras: the new (Zeiss) the old
>(M3, Nikon S) and there's an assertion that with competition Leica
>would have improved the M.
>
>I think that's probably right -- but what, exactly, needs to be fixed
>at this point? (Besides the price which is on the other side of
>outrageous.)
>
>Metering?
>Range-finder?
>Shutter?
>Flash?
>Weight?
>Materials?
>
>I'm truly serious here. If you're given a clean sheet of paper what
>features/improvements on current range-finder cameras are available?
>
>Issues like autofocus seem unrealistic. So what needs to be fixed? Improved?

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