David, I agree with all of your points, BUT, unless Leica can somehow slip their R&D budget into the U.S. Defense Department budget ( or somehow get VP Dick Cheney & his "Buddies" at Halliburton to buy into Leica), they'll be a few Euros short of what's needed. Art ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/