Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark is criticizing Leica?? I think Hell might have just frozen over! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 4/25/16, 9:53 PM, "LUG on behalf of Mark Rabiner" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: >We all know how useless and distracting a LCD display is on a digital >camera >don't we? Why can't we shoot digital the same way we shot film? >Blind and hoping we got something. >This mindlessness represents a low for Leica which I never thought they'd >stoop to as there were guys on chat lists when digital was first taking >over who complained about the monitor display of the M8 and DSLR's and the >apparent stupidity of those who used them referring to it as "chimping". >God >forbid we should know whether we got the shot or not. They blazed on with >Tri X in D 76 1:1 determined to never change and not clog their minds up >with useless ideas of the present and future. >It's a digital camera made especially for those with no interest in >digital >photography whatsoever. In the end it will be a way for collectors to >made >money making smart trades to to sharpen up their camera collections. It >has >zero use in modern digital photography and is patently ridiculous. Leica >needs to stop reading chat lists for ideas on camera bodies to come out >with. Just because some idiot mentions it on a chat list doesn't mean they >have to come out with one. > > >On 4/25/16 2:10 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > >> The Leica M Type 262 is for you... >> >> >> >> http://leicarumors.com/ For today, April 25 has a picture of the new >> camera. >> >> >> >> It appears to be a standard Type 240 with the LCD removed. >> >> >> >> Of course, absence of the LCD will cost you more than a 240 right >>now..... >> >> >> >> But it DOES have a black dot... >> >> >> >> Frank Filippone, Still happy with my M9... >> >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > >-- >Mark William Rabiner >Photographer >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information