Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/27

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Subject: [Leica] Audi designed Leica T
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 06:49:35 -0500
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When you think of Audi design, you might be thinking of a guy who designs
cars, but the automobile is a collection of several thousand human
interfaces.  The way you see what gear you are in, the way you change it,
how you adjust your seat, the placement of cupholders; all of this is
design, not just the sheet metal.


On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
archiphoto.com>wrote:

> Car designers coming on board to have a hand in camera design also
> happened with Nikon. From the EM of 1979 through to the D800 Giugiaro and
> his company has had input. Mind you, Giugiaro while principally a car
> designer has also had a hand in designing a lot of other things, but then
> so has Audi design, although they started later.
>
> Henning
>
>
> On 2014-04-26, at 5:37 PM, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at 
> icloud.com>
> wrote:
>
> > maybe it's just as simple as ? collaboration = fun ? produces fresh
> thinking all around.
> > I've certainly found that to be true over the years.
> >
> > a note off the iPad, George
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2014, at 5:32 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> If you are going for that market you would go for McLaren, Porsche or
> Audi in
> >> cars, (probably).
> >>
> >> But that wasn't my point; what I don't understand is why Leica doesn't
> have the
> >> sort of expertise in-house to achieve what they need. Given that in
> their very
> >> specialised area design-engineering is what they are renowned for it
> surprises
> >> me that they look elsewhere.
> >
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>
>
> Henning Wulff
> henningw at archiphoto.com
>
>
>
>
>
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
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