Well they can't go to Minolta for those R 4 to R7 chassis anymore. Maybe Sony could make them for Leica now? ;-) Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 2:12 PM Subject: [LRflex] Re: and on... the R10 >I personally hope that they go back to the compact size of the R4 to R7 > - I still hate (the design of) that brick of an R8/R9. An enormous > rounded off Exakta crossed with the silhouette of Leica binoculars. > Douglas > > Dave Saalsaa wrote: >> David, does Leica still have your R8 and DMR in for repair after all of >> these months? If so, I would not forgive them. That would be the most >> unbelivable case of mishandling a service situation I can think of. >> Dave >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 1:53 PM >> Subject: [LRflex] Re: and on... the R10 >> >> >> >>> At 06/05/2007, you wrote: >>> >>>> I have to admit, if they could produce such a camera, at the cost of >>>> an M8 (or very little more) that had the noise levels of the DMR >>>> (does not need to be any better), in an R8 (or smaller) body, while >>>> maintaining at least an R8 level viewfinder, I might forgive them >>>> their sins with my DMR! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> yes, and didn't we already have this same dialogue at least three >>>> times ... ? >>>> >>> More or less.... but never before have I pondered the idea that I >>> might forgive Leica... and, still, I might not! >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> Cheers! >>> --- >>> >>> David Young, >>> Logan Lake, CANADA >>> >>> Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ >>> Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt >>> Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4 >>> >>> ------ >>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >>> Archives are at: >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >>> >>> >> >> >> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/