Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] R10 news
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Nov 2 08:16:20 2008
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On Nov 1, 2008, at 9:36 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Aagh. I give up. A camera model announced by Dr Kaufmann and Ms  
> Harbets is
> hardly 'pie in the sky'.

talk is cheap Geoff...

Steve


> Certainly the design is not fixed yet, according to
> comments by those Leica folks.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Maike Harbets speaks on the S2. .... So we will drop down this  
> technology to
> our other systems.
> Our priority is to modernise the R system which will be in the end  
> an R10,
> definitely.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Steve Barbour
> Sent: Sunday, 2 November 2008 14:14
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] R10 news
>
>
> On Nov 1, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>
>> Jayanand I think that pretty much terminates my thread that started
>> asking who was excited about the comments from Maike Harbets on the
>> coming R10.
>
> as the R10 doesn't exist yet, it is pie in the sky... we might as well
> wait...
>>
>> I don't see anything positive or useful in describing the Leica
>> enthusiasts here as cheerleaders, apologists, aging fans or the young
>> fashion conscious.
>> Sorry to read that you and a dozen friends decided not to buy the M8
>
> and this slice of the baloney is very old and very stale...
>
> I like my M8, use it without filters, enough said,
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
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