[Leica] Ive's Leica

[jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)]

I had an RF camera with a body like that. It was called a FED. 

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Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, Louisiana
USA

On Oct 9, 2013, at 22:22, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> Larry and I may be the only people here that appreciate minimalist 
> designs, but I don't mind it a bit. Well, I do mind the price...
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: lrzeitlin at aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 6:27 PM
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Ive's Leica
> 
> Let's see now. If the camera was truly designed in 85 days that's 6 or
> 7 models and 12 parts a day. Just about one model and two parts per
> hour allowing time for eating and coffee breaks. That boggles the
> imagination even for an efficient design firm. More likely the camera
> was designed during a single three martini lunch. Still it is a nice
> minimalist design, rather like a Leica M with all the edges and fiddly
> little parts smoothed off. I might even buy one of the price was
> reasonable, say $2000.
> Larry Z
> - - - -
> Original post:
> Leica Camera is pleased to present The Leica M designed by Jony Ive and
> Marc Newson.
>> From a design standpoint, it features a laser machined aluminum body
> and an anodized aluminum outer shell. A total of 561 models and nearly
> 1000 prototype parts were made during the 85 days it took to create
> this unique, one of a kind camera.
> 
> http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2299480/leica-shows-off-one-of-a-kind-apples-jonathan-ive-designed-m-camera#ixzz2hGkRxpgm
> 
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