Re: [Leica] LHSA black paint vs. Millennium

["Rick Floyd" <rick_floyd@hotmail.com>]

No, I can't believe it.  That sounds like another "fish story" to me.  I can
assure you that with engineering driven companies such as Leica, the sales
department would have little to no input into where the focus ring is
placed.


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] LHSA black paint vs. Millennium


>
> It sounds like a similar rationale to why Leica put the focal length
> selector ring where they did on the Tri-Elmar. The Sales Department (can
> you believe!) assured them that focusing rings always went closest to the
> camera body, never mind that the Tri-Elmar was the first of it's kind, so
> that's why it's ended up in awkward place to grip, compared to the 'zoom
> ring' which is where one's hand naturally wants to fall........
>
> Next there'll be a pentaprism on top of the M series as 'that's where
these
> things go' on cameras, dont they?
>
> Jem
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Howard [SMTP:mvhoward@mac.com]
> LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote, in part:
> > I'm still not sure what motivated the redesigned shutter speed
> > dial.
>
> I think the official word was some excuse about being able to turn the
> shutter speed dial in the same direction as you would on an R camera.  One
> of the most stupid excuses for abominably poor human factors design I've
> ever heard.
>
> Martin Howard
>