Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] Leica SL weight comparison.....
From: john at mcmaster.fr (John McMaster)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:00:28 +0200
References: <011901d10d53$5b79a340$126ce9c0$@verizon.net> <0b0701d10d68$d57af4e0$8070dea0$@mcmaster.fr> <2E36DAEA6E474AA683C1C28825F74647@Family> <0b9e01d10d7e$5c323650$1496a2f0$@mcmaster.fr> <F32FC15A-5B40-49E8-800D-DC5FD8FF03FC@gmail.com>

0.159756 UK stone (US is probably different....)

;-) john

-----Original Message-----

How much is that in stones?    

from my iPad

Sonny Carter

> On Oct 23, 2015, at 5:34 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> 
> Certainly they use this format in France, it is taking some getting 
> used to as someone who did mathematics to a reasonably high level ;-)
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> In Ireland - still part of Europe, it's 1,014.5 kg, and in progressive 
> openminded parts of the UK where it's also Europe, it's that too. In 
> Switzerland as well, if I remember.
> 
> In truth, the fact that India, China and the US all use the full stop 
> at the decimal point may point to the way to the future, and, in all 
> likelihood, hoping the future of the decimal mark is going to be the 
> comma is probably... err... pointless :-)
> 
> The weight of my Leica M3 is 947 grammes - that's with strap, f3.5 
> 35mm Summaron, cap, and spectacles. My Fuji X100S is 475 grammes. 
> Interestingly, enough the medium format Voigtlander Perkeo with Color 
> Skopar lens and Synchro-Compur shutter which probably takes better 
> images than either the Leica or the Fuji weighs 528 grammes. Now if 
> Leica only made a folding digital......
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica SL weight comparison.....
> 
> 
>> The European way of writing numbers, 1kg and 14.5 grams is 1.014,5
>> 
>> john
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> 
>> The 24-90 lens weighs in at 1.14 KG ( there is a typo in the download 
>> datasheet, it actually says 1.140grams.
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> 




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