Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12

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Subject: [Leica] leica's design ideas leaked
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:57:59 -0500
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You missed the first time they did it:

http://www.dantestella.com/technical/digilux.html

Dante

On Mar 12, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> I always wondered where Leica got their body designs. I figured they hired 
> the best sculptors and engineers in Europe to get those beautiful lines, 
> but seeing the Delux-4 (safari) I realize now they're copying existing 
> Eastern European cameras, in this case the Lomo 8M.
> 
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/leicalomo.jpg
> 
> I do like Leica's clever addition of strap lugs, which was always 
> something conspicuously missing from the Lomo.
> 
> 
> 
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