Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Martin Howard" <howard.390@osu.edu> > Lucien jotted down the following: > > >> Guigiaro was the industrial designer involved in the F3 project. I guess > >> that placing the flash sync contacts over the rewind socket was his > >> contribution of "genius" to that particular project... > > > > > > It was already like that on the Nikon F and F2. > > So, is that an excuse for letting the stupidity continue? ;) > > M. The reason for the flash shoe on the rewind knob is that the F, F2 and F3 have a removable prism. If the camera is to be used with a waist-level finder, the shoe seems to be placed in the most logically unobtrusive location. So it is not stupidity nor genius. It is a matter of necessity. I do however wonder about the "genius" of denigrating other's ideas and motives without considering all the facts. Joe C