Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it looks like Kamera Kustom Kulture. -rei On 09/21/2010 08:16 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: > The Titanium edition of the M9 did not interest me until I started looking > around at the pictures and technology involved.... > > If the M9 Titanium edition has no RF illumination window, is it really a M9 > Special Edition or another beast ? The M9++? > > Someone commented on the lack of strap lugs... how about the lack of VF > selection lever????? Where did that go? > > Maybe we should be spending more attention to the new feature and less time > to the materials and price......? > > Do we have a M10 here??????? > > Just found the official Leica blurb on the M9 Titanium,,,,, Relevant > details..... > > "New features include the LED illumination of the bright-line frames in the > viewfinder, removing the necessity for a standard illuminating window and > making the front aspect of the camera even more balanced." > > Forget the "design" features and get onto the technology established > here...... > > VF Lines that you can read, in dark light, with (presumably ) corrected > size, and less internal mechanical guts.... > > Sounds pretty important to me..... > > Then I found this picture..... > http://en.leica-camera.com/assets/media/img17967.jpg > > Which clearly shows a wall of pictures of cameras in a family tree > presentation.... > And the guy is holding a camera with a "button" just to the right of the > lens mount... what is that all about? > > What are these pictures? Design concepts? What is the camera on the lower > right? The top looks like it was cut off....????? > > This Special edition is getting more interesting from a technology > standpoint.... for all of us.... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information