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Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting piece on the Digital R
From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:22:33 +0100
References: <BC4FD7EC.1158%jplaurel@nwlink.com>

Tried to find it but failed .
Could dcc it to you in IRC or ICQ
simon jessurun
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting piece on the Digital R


> Could one of you guys post a link to the PDF for those of us who don't
> subscribe to the newsletter?
>
> Thanks - Jim
>
>
> On 2/16/04 10:52 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Adam - Your post is really interesting because what we have here is a
> > great example of beauty etc. being in the eye of the beholder -
> > I looked at this same PDF and thought two things:
> > 1 - Why are they wasting my time with a photos of engineers and a board
> > - and why aren't they telling me more about what the camera will do if
> > they succeed?
> > 2 - These controls are weirdly laid out. I was particularly put off by
> > the four buttons down the left side, which struck me as weird placement.
> >
> > The other thing that struck me was that this camera will really be quite
> > a behemoth, and that I will at least no longer have to hear complaints
> > about "giant" DSLRs from those touting this particular monster. ;-)
> >
> > B. D.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Adam
> > Bridge
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:13 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] Interesting piece on the Digital R
> >
> >
> > I opened my e-mail a few minutes ago and found an interesting one-page
> > piece from Leica about the progress of the Digital R back.
> >
> > This is good for Leica to be doing.
> >
> > I hope they continue to inform about what they are doing.
> >
> > The more I look at the controls on the back of the camera the more I
> > feel that they are getting the ergonomics right. I like the R8's. I
> > dislike Canon's.
> >
> > I hope they make the image histrogram trivial to access. it's one of the
> > great things about working in the digital domain and can really make a
> > difference in getting a well-exposed shot.
> >
> > Adam
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