Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jean-Michel Tomaschett wrote: > Have a look at: > > http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/customhouse/111/Dufour.htm On this site, we can read the following quotation from the designer and maker of the watch 'Simplicity': "In the watchmaking craft, it is easier to make something more complicated than it needs to be." This is true of a great many things. Jokingly referred to as creeping featurism, I find it one of the most annoying aspects of modern product design. It's largely why I don't own a digital camera. And it's why I love using Leica rangefinders. M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html