Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 10 June 2000, John Coan wrote: > > Bill, > You have raised my curiosity now. What sort of thinking went into your > decision to opt for a black red dot? > John > > LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote: > > > > When I met with Hanns-Peter Cohn at PMA in February, he pointed to the black > > Leica dot on the prototype LHSA camera and compared it with the red dot on > > his Millennium. He said, "Bill, surely there must be some mistake that the > > dot is not red. After all, the red Leica dot is Leica corporate identity. > > I assured him that there was no mistake, this was what I specified for the > > camera. He then replied that this was OK if this was what we really wanted. > > And now you know how the black dot was born. > > > > Bill Rosauer > > BTW, it is made of metal and painted black, not molded plastic. FWIW, my 1977 Trinovid binocs have a black "Leitz Wetzlar" dot. Later models have a red dot. Except for attracting curious hummingbirds, I'd rather have the stealthier black dot. You could say the black dot is from the same era as black painted cameras. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/