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Subject: Re: [Leica] For anyone who still thinks that digital isn't really...
From: "Doug Lee" <drlee9@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:17:01 -0400
References: <000401c23c75$12a8d590$2002a8c0@SAM>

Well, I know the D1 was based on an F5, so it is a good bet the D1x is also.


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From: "Sam Krneta" <skrneta@mindspring.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 7:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] For anyone who still thinks that digital isn't
really...


> Rolfe,
>
> I heard that the D100 is based on the F100 with a F80 control set and
> the D1X is F5.
>
> Sam Krneta
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rolfe
> Tessem
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:20 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] For anyone who still thinks that digital isn't
> really...
>
>
>
> --On Sunday, August 4, 2002 12:26 PM -0400 "B. D. Colen"
> <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Well, B.D. who drives a VW Beetle responds -
> > If M7s and Dx1s are both Vipers, why doesn't B&H have any Dx1s when it
> has
> > plent of M7s?
> >
> > And, forget the Dx1...You can get a D100 or a Canon D60 - both of
> which
> > are directly price competitive with the M6s and M7s....
> >
> > And the D1h is the fast shooter, not the D1x...If Tina, or anyone else
> > who's shooting in relatively rugged conditions, wants to shoot
> digital,
> > they'd be a hell of a lot better off with a D1x - built on the F5 body
> -
> > than they would with a Digilux or Panasonic without the red dot - to
>
> I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the D1X is
> built on the F100 body, not the F5 body.
>
> This *does* get confusing, with the D100 being built on the F80 (N80)
> body.
>
> You don't think Nikon is deliberately trying to confuse us, do you :-).
>
> After all, they are in a competitive relationship with Canon and the
> EOS-1d
> *is* in fact built on Canon's top of the line EOS-1v body.
>
> --
> Rolfe Tessem
> rolfe@ldp.com
> Lucky Duck Productions, Inc.
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