Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Bill I'm sure that Leica's engineers will be happy to see your design for > the shrunken M10 ;-) ;-) ;-) There's not a lot of room in there! > FWIW I think that Olympus wanted to call the first OM the M1 but Leica > objected. May be entirely an internet myth! > > M9 > W 139 x H 80 x D 37 mm > > OM2 > W 136 x H 83 x D 50 mm > > I guess the larger depth to the lens mount with the OM 2 was due to the > larger flange focal distance. > > Lots of micro four thirds folks are blessing those larger distances now. So > are the adaptor manufacturers. > > > FWIW I think that Olympus wanted to call the first OM the M1 but Leica > objected. May be entirely an internet myth! > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 12 March 2010 14:51, Sue Pearce <bs.pearce at cox.net> wrote: > >> Yeah, the D3 has a good but not great VF, but... >> >> There's no reason that the contents of the M9 couldn't fit into the space >> of the OM's. Even if slightly expanded, it would be sublime! >> >> Bill Pearce >> Baba Ram Dass may have had a problem with OM. Or Allen Ginsberg. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner