Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's one ugly camera :-) On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > More than a dozen years ago I had one of the first Leica digitals repaired > by Leica in New Jersey. The camera, a rebadged Fuji Digilux Zoom had some > issues with its 1.3 megapixel sensor. The technician made a couple of > adjustments and pronounced the camera fine. As I left the office I > mentioned that the red dot on the front of the camera had fallen off. Don't > worry about that the technician replied. He reached his desc drawer and > handed me a strip of Leica red dots affixed to sticky tape. About a ten, I > would estimate. > By the logic recently offered in the LUG that would improve my picture > quality by over 200%. > > In case you want to see what one of the first widely sold Leica digitals > looked like, here it is with it's Fuji sibling, later sold as the Leica > 6800. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Digital+Leica.JPG.html > > Larry Z > - - - - - > " > DANG Richard! Sorry I forgot the magical aspects of the "LEICA RED DOT!" > :-) > But I've always believed the red dot improvement factor was 20%! :-) But > that's why the LEICA LENSES always cost that extra amount! You're paying > for > the Red Dot improvement factor. > And all my many years, 50 plus shooting LEICA gear! I was always pleased to > have the red dot to make my photos look extra special. :-) > cheers, > ted" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto