Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is clearly a 3D virtual image :-P Op 2-sep-06, om 16:59 heeft David Young het volgende geschreven: > At 01/09/2006, you wrote: > >> Wow, I can hardly wait to cover it in black tape! Great bit of >> espionage, David. >> Gary Todoroff > > > Hi Gary! > > Some people have made fun of my research, and even called this a > "joke photo". But my sources are impeccable, and I believe the > photo to be quite accurate. > > Given the recent difficulties which Leica has gone through, this is > the best that their engineers could come up with, given the current > financial restraints! > > Certainly, it lowers the cost of production, so as to restore the > firm to a profitable footing. > > In these days of lower price/ lower expectations, it seems Leica > feel that nobody will notice any change in design/build quality. ;-) > > If I hadn't been "caught in the vault", I'd have got a shot of the > back, showing the revolutionary 7" (diagonal) LCD screen which > folds out of the back, for occasional - if somewhat awkward - use! > > Cheers! > > David. > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/M8_prototype.htm > > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >