Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/04

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Subject: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS : Leica annual report
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:26:01 -0500
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Sorry - I should have said more precisely:
The R8 dial flaw
wherein the dial can be inadvertently rotated
was corrected with the R9 locking dial.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Aug 4, 2010, at 3:19 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> What flaw in the R9 dial?
> 
> Gene
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 12:43:22 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the rumours around Leica and Photokina? WAS 
> : Leica annual report
> 
> and they corrected that "dial flaw" in the R9.
> 
> I too find the R8 ergonomics above and beyond every nikon and canon model 
> I've owned
> (which includes: Nikon F, FtN, F2, several N series, Canon 10D, 20D, 5D).
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 4, 2010, at 3:44 AM, philippe.amard at sfr.fr wrote:
> 
>> but my only complaint on my R8 is that the mode/power dial is moved by 
>> the strap whilst carrying it, other than that it is a better designed 
>> camera than every Canon I have used, and than most Nikons too.
> 
> 
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