Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 05 November 2000, Mike JohnsTon, with tounge planted firmly in cheek, wrote: > > >Think about it! Do you folks have any idea how collectively moronically dumb > >assed > >stupid we look in the eyes of the management of Leica every time we get all > >snitty assed as we've seen this past couple of weeks? > > > Ted, > Well, I'm trying. I'm really trying to "get with the group" and humbly > accept all the Canonical Presumptions, as follows: > <big SNIP> Mike, you're getting the idea! > Actually (although I tremble to admit it), I have a couple of other > Leicalogical questions with regard to a few of the other Canonical > Presumptions, as well. For instance, regarding Step Eight, I understood it > to be a given that this did NOT apply to camera *bodies* before the > introduction of the R8. Now that the R8 has been introduced, has the Rule > been made pure again? What of the troublesome vestige in the catalog of the > R6.2? Is it enough merely to _never_ imply that the R6.2 is enough of a > Leica to lick the boots of the R8 (while still being better than every other > SLR)? Try 'em both fer yerself. I still like the handling of the SL & R8 better than the R3 - R7 bodies, and I can't focus the R4sP as easily as the SL or R8. Must be 'cuz of it's Minolta genes. > And, regarding Step Six, what are we to make of the fact that the > manufacture of a number of current Leica lenses are outsourced to Elcan in > Midland, Canada, a subsidiary of Raytheon Corp.? it's enough to me that the equipment meets Leica's specs. If it meets Leica's specs I'm willing to try it; if it also meets my needs I'll keep it. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch with Northwestern and the world. Click http://www.nualumni.com to get your FREE Northwestern StartPage. Customize your own collection of the latest news, sports, stock quotes, and more. Check it out today!