Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > Henning Wulff > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA