Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh well then, if ever there was a great spy camera it's a HOLGA for crying out loud. Sure could smuggle one of THOSE in easily. <rolling my eyes> Adam On 8/25/06, Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com> wrote: > The photo was reportedly made by a Russian (or Chinese) spy in the factory > using a Holga!!!!! What do you expect anyway? > > Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: I'm trying to figure out: > > 1) where does the battery go?? I don't see a place in its form-factor > for a battery big enough to be useful and this camera will have to > have a decent sized battery. > > 2) there doesn't look to be enough room forward of the back LCD > display. The camera MUST conform to the focusing requirements of > current M lenses. So I'd expect the camera to be thicker about about > the same amount as the DMR's back with its display and controls. But > looking at the top the shutter speed dial appears to take the same > room as it does on the M6/7. > > 3) Where does the flash sync plug in? I don't see that either. > > So I'm more than casually skeptical. I have to think that the camera > would be thicker than the current M7 and talled because it needs > electrical power on the tune of say the motor drive for the M6/7. > > The photo is sooooo crappy that I have to believe it's someone's > photoshop project. > > But I'm hardly an expert on things like this. > > Adam > > > On 8/25/06, Christopher Williams wrote: > > I'll leave it on my site for a few hours, long enough for those to drool. > > > > http://www.zoeicaimages.com/html/untitled285.html > > > > Chris > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > > > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf > > > Of > > > Jeffery Smith > > > Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2006 10:38 > > > To: 'Leica Users Group' > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Photos of M8 > > > > > > Suddenly the M8 and a Tri-Elmar seems spectacular. Or maybe the 21-35 > > > Hexanon. > > > > > > Jeffery Smith > > > New Orleans, LA > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >