Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I tried it too Seth, trying possible modifications to the German ............. and nix! B. On 21-jan-2006, at 19:53, Seth Rosner wrote: > Hi Bill: > > Now I am fascinated by the different messages. I clicked on the > link below and got one of those "this page cannot be displayed." > > The quote I posted was from the current Leica Camera wesite and is > not a carryover from the R8. I checked both before copying the R9 > excerpt. I would love to see what is on the below link. Will keep > trying. > > Thanks, > > Seth > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Marshall" > <billgem@hotmail.com> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 12:26 PM > Subject: Was RE: [Leica] DSLR choice - now Zeiss-Ikon > > >> Seth, >> >> I also have read what is on the Leica website in the product >> description sections. And I underwent considerable confusion when >> I found numerous other references to magnesium as the primary >> reason for the lighter weight of the R9 vs. the R8. However, I >> found that there had been considerable discussion on internet >> forums of this apparently contradictory information back in 2002 >> -03 when the R9 first came out. Please check the link from the >> Leica website I have listed below to verify the fact that the >> topcover is in fact magnesium. I think that the other description >> which you referenced was a carryover from the R8 that was never >> caught by an editor & which Leica has never corrected. >> >> www.leicacamera.com/unterneheim/presse/data/02965/index_e.html >> >> Best regards, >> Bill >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information