Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Senseless design
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:23:10 -0700

DonjR43198@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 6/23/99 4:05:29 PM Central Daylight Time, marho@ikp.liu.se
> writes:
> 
> << Can anyone else think of a good example of senseless design?  Something
>  that there seems to be no rational reason for, but which is exceedingly
>  annoying (let's keep to cameras, at least ;)
>   >>
> 
> Yes, I can think of several.
> 
> 1. Removal of the self-timer on the M-6 camera><snip>

You really are hard on these guys! 
The M5 bombs so they say "why not just stick a meter where the self
timer is on the M4 it just might work?" I call that the kind of inspired
thinking which has put most of us here on this list. It's called the M6.
The idea worked you could put it mildly. I bought a little self timer
thing. Never used it. 
Never had a camera closer to my heart than my M6. I guess self timers
are not a big thing with me.
Mark Rabiner