Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: LUGThe M6 Fugue
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:42 -0700

F3s had a L(iquid) C(rystal) D(isplay) in the viewfinder.

> From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
> 
> Is it LCD or LED (do you know the difference, not meant insultingly,
> because a lot of people don't know the difference)?  18 year old LCD is
> pretty old LCD...  I didn't say they couldn't last longer than 10 years,
> that is the MTTF number the vendors give...  If it is LCD, I assure you, it
> will fade as time goes on, it's the nature of the material.
> 
> Another interesting MTTF number is for EPROMs (Electrically Programmable
> Read Only Memory) ICs, that are used to store computer programs in a lot of
> devices...  They start to 'lose' the programmed information after about 10
> years or so...
> 
> ----------
> From:  John Collier
> Sent:  Thursday, March 23, 2000 2:02 AM
> To:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:  Re: [Leica] Re: LUGThe M6 Fugue
> 
> 
> My old F3 LCD display is 18 years and counting. Looks great.
> 
> John Collier
> 
>> From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
>> 
>> I believe LCD displays only have a life of 10 years.  Of course, they may
>> last a lot longer....
> 
> 
>