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Subject: [Leica] re: what's wizzbang?
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 08:39:12 +1000
References: <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA25818425A@ASC02.asc.upenn.edu>

>dante asked of me:
>
><< lately i've seen him shooting after september 11th with a wizbang
>  nikon. >>
>>What's a wizbang? Is that good or bad, or being non judgmental, is that
>>a positive or a negative?
>>Dante
>
>it's neither postive nor negative, it's how the LUG tends to describe
>cameras with electronics. the m7, for example, is nicely wizbang. the m6 is
>slightly wizbang, the m5 is also slightly wizbang. the m4 is not wizbang at
>all. the iii's are so anti wizbang they will cause your light meter to curl.
>the leica 0 will cause the wizbang meter to shrivel up and die. if you're a
>programmer, i can tell you that an oatmeal box with a hole poked in one end
>is wizbang0.
>
>me, myself, i love wizbang. but i love my leica too.
>
>what a conundrum!

Kyle,
If wizbang draws comments, then the '0' series is top of the pops ;-)

Cheers
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