Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/23

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Subject: Re: R8 is not ugly
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@apple.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 97 08:56:22 -0800
 
>Of all the reviews of the Leica R8 that I have come across. None of them,
>not one, says that it is an ugly, fat, elephant looking thing. A radical
>departure in the look of the R-line should warrant some kind of similarly
>radical opinion. It seems that people are keeping quiet because it is a 
>Leica.
>
>Well??

Aesthetics is a personal thing. I personally don't find looking at the R8 
ugly at all, and my hands find it extremely comfortable and natural to 
hold. Only my wallet finds it distasteful or frightening.

Godfrey