Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There was an article in the daily newspaper here in Göteborg (Gothenburg) where Hasselblads are made. The cost for development were shared with Fuji and probably even Minolta. Fuji is providing the lenses, Minolta the autofocus. Zeiss lenses can be used with an adapter. The digital back will come from either Kodak or Phase One (Denmark). Hasselblads own development work in digital technology was put on ice when the Swiss bought the company in 1996. The verdict was (then) that digital was for the amateurs, but on the pro-market it wouldn't be growing that much. Live and learn. The market for medium-format is 60,000 to 80,000 units a year (globally). Hasselblad has 20-25% of this market and is aiming for 30%. Price: around 55,000 SEK (let's say 9.3 crowns to the USD or there-abouts). 2/3 of the camera will be provided by external suppliers. The bodies and the prisms will be made in Gothenburg. All assembly will be done here in Gothenburg. It's a small company: about 300 employees with 200 of them here in Sweden. I suspect that Leica needs about the same dimensions to remain financially viable. All the best, Daniel On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Beddoe, Neil wrote: > Credit card! Get back in that wallet now! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Williams [mailto:leicachris@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: 24 September 2002 13:51 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] OT Hasselblad H1 > > > Hasselblad just entered the 645 AF arena. Our Leica man Sal will probably > fill us in on all the Leica stuff at Photokina. > > www.hasselblad.se > > Chris Williams > New Orleans "Hurricane a coming" > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html