Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The other guy is Reinard Schmidt, He moved to New Jersey from Canada, when they wound down those operations. He was with R&D for military stuff. Hörst, (what a card!) on the other hand, is from Wetzlar. I didn't know him when I lived there, but he's younger than me, so that's understandable. SonC - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:21 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica 8 mp and lens lockout > Adam asked: > > >Can you confirm that it has a "lens eject" easy access feature to make lens > > changing quick and easy - but that the button is too easy to depress > > accidently so at least two lenses hit the concrete in the middle of a > photo > > session? I've > > Adam, this might be over-hyped. There is a lens-eject, but it's not as > convenient as I would like. One needs to press REALLY hard to get the lens > to pop out. Leica only loaned me one lens, so I didn't practice changing > lenses much, but I did pop it off and put it back on. It might loosen up > with time. > > > heard this and found it difficult to believe a lock-out wouldn't be > > included in the feature list. > > And is there any truth the rumor of a purely black and white model at > > 16MP? I hear even the lens coatings are different! > > Well, good news and bad news -- there is no "b&w only" camera coming out, > but the camera does have a b&w switch on it -- it's an actualy physical > switch too, which is cool, which you can set to "greyscale" or "color" -- I > don't know that there's a difference in image size. I only ever used it in > color mode. Horst and the two other guys from Leica who were down had some > photos that (crap, I forgot his name) some NYC Leica guy did in the B&W mode > and they looked nice. > > The coolest thing is that they gave me a hat that says LEICA and then > underneath it "the future of digital has been written" > > Kc > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html