Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some Sony bodies now have that look I'm fond of its no nonsense functional look. I think it looks better than when they try too hard for the body by Porsche design group look. On 10/21/15 3:11 PM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Frank Dernie wrote: > >>>> > As an engineering designer used to designing for small production runs (but > much smaller than Leica) I doubt a stylist has been used. The SL looks to > me > something which has entirely been designed to be inexpensively NC machined > from solid since the projected production volume almost certainly would not > have been able to fund the tooling for diecasting. > <<< > > I'm almost certain I read that it's machined from a solid block of aluminum > like the T is. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/