Sure Aram, you're sure right. But we're dealing with digital R10 here - and they need batteries - what's= the good of finding out juice has gone, right when you DO want to shoot. Hence my remark - never had the R4 - even with the MD - shoot by itself. I would strongly resent a flat battery when I need to use the L1, and I fi= nd the perfect location is the R3's or L1's (the same BTW) that's the only= point (and no shoot - wink) I intended to make. = Yours Phil...x = ----Message d'origine---- >De: =22Aram Langhans=22 <leica=5Fr8=40hotmail.com> >A: leicareflex=40freelists.org >Sujet: =5BLRflex=5D Re: and on... the R10 >Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 12:07:10 -0700 > >I've heard that said before but I have never had the camera take a photo = in = >my photo bag. I never turn the dial to Off. I leave it at the mode I wa= nt, = >usually =22A=22 and just let it turn itself off. I never had a camera wi= th an = >on/off switch as I know I would never turn it off and the batteries would= be = >dead in a day. Others have said the dial rotates on them, but it never h= as = >for me. This is R8. I know R9 has a lock and that would aggravate me, e= ven = >though I rarely change the dial. > >Aram > > >>From: phamard=40numericable.fr >>Reply-To: leicareflex=40freelists.org >>To: leicareflex=40freelists.org >>Subject: =5BLRflex=5D Re: and on... the R10 >>Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 20:55:35 +0200 >> >>R8 - I only miss the on/off switch of the R3 which, surprisingly, I foun= d =3D >>on the L1. Hope they keep it for the R10. >>Yours >>Phil...x >> >> >> >>----Message d'origine---- >> >De: Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages=3D40comcast.net> >> >Sujet: =3D5BLRflex=3D5D Re: and on... the R10 >> >Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 11:27:46 -0700 >> >A: leicareflex=3D40freelists.org >> > >> >I really like my R8 and R9. Everthing fall into place when it's in my= = >>=3D3D=3D >>20=3D3D >> > >> >hands. I see what I need to see through the viewfinder,nothing more. >> > >> >Oh - and I always look THROUGH it, seldom AT it, so to me, it's a =3D3= D20 >> >beautiful thing. >> > >> >Bob in Seattle >> > >> > >> > >> >On May 8, 2007, at 10:32, Aram Langhans wrote: >> > >> >I agree. I thought it was ugly. Wnen I first handled on I thought it= = >>=3D3D=3D >>20=3D3D >> > >> >was >> >too heavy. Bought one, used it for a while and I love it. Still a bi= t >> >heavy, but it handles so well and is so easy to use. Rugged, accurate= =2E = >>=3D3D=3D >>20=3D3D >> > >> > R10 >> >is this package would be a no-brainer for me. R10 in R4 size pacakge = >>=3D3D=3D >>20=3D3D >> > >> >with >> >r8 ergonomics would be even better. >> > >> >Aram >> > >> > >> > >> >> From: Thomas Schofield <tdschofield=3D40yahoo.com> >> >> Reply-To: leicareflex=3D40freelists.org >> >> To: leicareflex=3D40freelists.org >> >> Subject: =3D5BLRflex=3D5D Re: and on... the R10 >> >> Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 16:26:10 -0700 (PDT) >> >> >> >> Do you use one, Douglas? That was my reaction when I >> >> first saw and held and R8, but after I started using, >> >> it, I found the ergonomics to be excellent. >> >> >> >> Tom Schofield >> >> >> >> --- Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp=3D40gmx.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> - I still hate (the design of) that brick of an >> >>> R8/R9. >> >>> Douglas >> >>> >> >> >> >> = >>=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D= 5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D >>=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D= 5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D5F=3D >>=3D5F >> >> Do You Yahoo=3D21? >> >> Tired of spam? 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