Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/24
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> ... If they really wanted to innovate, it would be
> wonderful if they could keep the quality, keep the design, and reduce the
> price by 50%.
>
> Now THAT would be a wonderful feature enhancement!
Hi -
Right on! Because people treat this as an investment
rather than a camera, it's getting to be something
one keeps on a shelf (or maybe a bank!!) rather than
use, and that's a pity.
Of all the suggestions I've been reading, the one
absolutely MUST fix (it's more than an improvement,
it's got to be a FIX. Let's face it, Leica has a
poor design) is the viewfinder. There's no excuse
why someone should have to buy a pair of contact
lenses in order to use a $2.8K camera plus lens
(K$'s more) camera for lenses of focal length <35 mm.
C'mon Leica get with it!
The other comments about the light meter are also
good. I find that the operating range of the light
meter is too limited. On some of my available light
photos, I find it a lot easier to use a good separate
light meter.
Here's another one. Why the heck do they have that
flapping back panel on the M6? It's as if finding
a place to put the light meter electronics was an
afterthought. There are all those fragile electrical
contacts there. Why put this stuff on the back panel?
Most important suggestion: Don't change the lens mount.
Whatever you do, I want my investment in Leica lenses
to be transferable.
-- Wolfgang Sachse
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Wolfgang Sachse Cornell University
sachse@msc.cornell.edu http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~sachse
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