RE: [Leica] A Red Dot story

["Carleton, Sam" <Sam.Carleton@FMR.COM>]

Guy,

My only real point was that what makes the society advance is the fact that
some people what to "improve" things.  It is quite clear that your
definition of improves and mine are different, but we both would like to see
the camera "improve":)

Sam

P.S.  I, too, think it would be nice to be able to use a 24/21 without an
external viewfinder:)

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Guy Bennett [SMTP:gbennett@lainet.com]
	Sent:	Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:56 PM
	To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
	Subject:	RE: [Leica] A Red Dot story

	>Dave,
	>
	>I agree and disagree with you.  We most definitely need to
appreciate the M
	>for what it is.  But on the same note, I think we should push Leica
to
	>continue to improve the camera.  TTL was a very nice step in that
direction.
	>There are other things that could be improved, also.
	>
	>Society, in general,  has not gotten to where it is today simply be
	>appreciating where it was at.  We are where we are today because
people
	>continue to push for "improvements".  I am not about to debate if
this
	>"improvements" are really improvements.  My only point is that it
is only
	>Human nature to what to change and improve things.
	>
	>Sam


	This position presupposes that "improvements" are universal - i.e.
that we
	all want the same thing - and that is not the case. For example, I
	personally don't give a flaming fig what the speed sync of the M6 is
since
	I never use flash. A faster sync speed is immaterial to me. The same
is
	true of AE, AF, and other electronic "improvements" - don't want
'em, don't
	need 'em; that's why I chose to use an M camera.

	Now, the ability to use a 24 or 21 lens w/out an external viewfinder
(i.e.
	with internal brightlines), *that* would be an improvement for me.

	Guy