[Leica] Re: Leica R8 Styling

["Jim Bielecki" <jbieleck@northland.lib.mi.us>]

Let me preface my remarks by saying that I've only seen a R8 in the flesh
once, and this was at a camera show back in May, 1997.  But the first time I
saw this camera I loved it!  Not for its features or its bright viewfinder,
but for the sheer audacity of its styling.  Aesthetically this is a camera
that has personality and character and is not a camera that looks like every
other boring SLR that comes down the pike.  I applaud Leica for not
following the pack and to produce a camera that has no direct styling
connection with their previous SLR's.  No guts no glory as they say.