I thought it was ugly too until I carried it for a couple of days. It's a very
easy to use camera with contours and controls that fall very naturally under
the hands; i.e., VERY German. If you shoot a lot, overall handling will shine
through. I did not like the wind lever though, and I liked it better with the
winder.
In general, it's a great camera that was introduced 10 years too late.
It is quite large for an SLR, OTOH.
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>Subject: Re: [OM] New Digital back for Leica R's
> From: "John Hudson" <13874@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 13:31:41 -0300
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>From: "Jeff Keller" <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Wednesday, 28 May, 2003 01:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] New Digital back for Leica R's
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>> It's like comparing apples and oranges but if you have to carry it ...
>> the R8 is huge.
>
>and UGLY !
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