Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Konica HEXAR RF Limited + 50mm/f1.2 M-HEXANON
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 10:32:17 -0400 (EDT)

Which Konica could probably do tomorrow with pocket change.  Thay have
made megabucks in the copier, medical imaging, and digital markets.  From
what I understand, they were the ones who developed and licensed many of
the technologies (exposure comp, coreless internal drive motors, etc) now
used by everyone.

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Dante Stella

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Walter S Delesandri wrote:

> You might care when Konica/Canon/Nikon/whoever finally buys out/takes over
> the remains of Leica... :) :) :)
> Walt
> 
> On Fri, 06 Oct 2000 01:43:24 -0400 Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> 
> wrote:
> > John Collier jotted down the following:
> > 
> > > Where are all the people who complain about Leica issuing limited editions!
> > > Why are you not complaining now?
> > 
> > You think we care about what *Konica* does...? ;)
> > 
> > M.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Martin Howard                     | Armored with good intentions and
> > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU       | ignorance, one is impregnable to
> > email: howard.390@osu.edu         | learning.
> > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/        +---------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> 
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