Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Certainly they use this format in France, it is taking some getting used to as someone who did mathematics to a reasonably high level ;-) john -----Original Message----- In Ireland - still part of Europe, it's 1,014.5 kg, and in progressive openminded parts of the UK where it's also Europe, it's that too. In Switzerland as well, if I remember. In truth, the fact that India, China and the US all use the full stop at the decimal point may point to the way to the future, and, in all likelihood, hoping the future of the decimal mark is going to be the comma is probably... err... pointless :-) The weight of my Leica M3 is 947 grammes - that's with strap, f3.5 35mm Summaron, cap, and spectacles. My Fuji X100S is 475 grammes. Interestingly, enough the medium format Voigtlander Perkeo with Color Skopar lens and Synchro-Compur shutter which probably takes better images than either the Leica or the Fuji weighs 528 grammes. Now if Leica only made a folding digital...... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL weight comparison..... > The European way of writing numbers, 1kg and 14.5 grams is 1.014,5 > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > > The 24-90 lens weighs in at 1.14 KG ( there is a typo in the download > datasheet, it actually says 1.140grams. > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > >