Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank: My uncle once had a British sports car called a Jensen Healey.....he let me drive it when I was about 17 and I thought it was the finest thing I had ever seen. A four cylinder Lotus aluminum block with 16 valves and two Stromberg carbs....now this was 1977-78 so there was none of the emissions control devices then. Are you familiar with the car? I still look for them today....they were only made from 73-77 when the company went into receivership. BTW....have to stay home from Indy this year...my spouse had a chance of plans with some of her teaching at the university this summer so this weekend involves yardwork and child care. Robert FRANK DERNIE wrote: >Hi Douglas, >as an engineer I make a clear distinction between >design - which I see as fitness for purpose and >functionality, that normally done by the engineers. >And styling - the aesthetics, sometimes by engineers, >sometimes by "designers" and sometimes the management. >In a camera the functionality is far more important >IMO than the looks. Having the controls fall under my >fingers and that viewfinder make up for the hideous >(IMO) styling for me. I find the M5 ugly but it is IME >the best M camera. >I feel the same about most things. A beautifully >styled car which is overweight and/or handles badly is >of absolutely no interest to me, though I would prefer >it to look nice, mind you there are almost no cars on >the market today which appeal to me. >cheers >Frank >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >