[LRflex] Re: Design catastrophe
- From: "Fred Hess" <fredhess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:28:05 +0200
Hello David,
I fully agree with you. At first sight (when it was introduced) the R8
looked strange, but I use the
R8 now for many, many years: and I love this camera. I worked also with R3
up to R5. These are
more ladies-cameras....(excuse me dear Leica-ladies..).
I have used the R8 in several rough areas (f.i. minus 25' C.) and it never
failed. Only once after intensive use
my shutter broke completely, almost the same momnet I attached my DM-R for
the first time...
To my opinion and expirience the R8 and R9 are great cameras, especialy the
brightness of the viewfinder
is very good .
I hope the R10 has more or less the same features as the
R8/R-DMR-combination, but of course full-frame and
maybe a somewhat more compact design.
Kind regards,
Fred Hess
The Hague NL
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Young" <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:30 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Design catastrophe
> Noel wrote:
>
> >I agree with Douglas about the catastrophic design of the R8/9, but
> >I would like the R10 to be based on the R3,
>
> Hi Noel!
>
> Why is it that just about everybody who feels the R8/9 is a design
> disaster are the folks who've never owned one?
>
> I too thought it a disaster when I fist saw it. But after using one
> for several years, I learned to love it. It is the most intuitive
> design I've ever seen in a camera. A delight to hold and use. It
> even handles fairly well with the DMR ... though that does make it a
> monstrosity for size and weight.
>
> And when you've used it loved it, you come to find it beautiful, as well.
>
> I'm glad you like your R3 ... my first Leica was an R3 and it's a
> great camera. But I wouldn't trade my R8 for one!
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> ---
>
> David Young,
> Logan Lake, CANADA
>
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