Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah Yes, but what does it cost for a good bottle of whiskey? Regards, Greg Daniel Ridings wrote: >Wrong ... > >Camera prices in Norway are, if anything, lower than in Sweden, up to >15-20%. (When it comes to digital Nikons (D100), Canons (D60) and various >Leica stuff, not to mention Mamiyas. > >Daniel > >On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Per Claesson wrote: > >>Leica is probably targeting the Norwegian market, where the prices are >>probably the highest in the world nowadays. People seem to need >>something to spend their money on up there, and there is enough >>national pride over there. Dunno if anyone could care less in Sweden >>and Denmark... >> >>/Per >> >> >>>Hi Oddmund, >>> >>>I know that you are right, my post was just an attempt to provoke the >>>Finns on the list ;-) Although I must say that I believe that the >>>correct usage is in fact Scandinavia for DK, S and N since and Norden >>>further includes Iceland and Finland. I also equally well know that >>>the Finns consider themselves Scandinavian, even if their language >>>most certainly does not belong to that language family. >>> >>>I agree with you even more about the silliness of paying hundreds of >>>Euros extra for the various special editions. But if it helps Leica >>>survive financially, then I'm all for it (as long as someone else is >>>doing the buying)! >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Nathan >>> >>>nomansland@altern.org wrote: >>> >>>>Jeu 12 déc 2002 23:23:08 +0100 >>>>Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> a écrit: >>>> >>>>>Four? There are three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway and >>>>>Sweden. Throw in Finland and Iceland and you have the Nordic >>>>>countries. So which is the fourth non-Scandinavian flag? Finnish? >>>>> >>>>No, geographically only Norway and Sweden covers the Scandinavian >>>>peninsula - Denmark belongs to the European continent. Politically and >>>>culturally the terms Scandinavia and the Nordic countries are used >>>>indifferently for the same unity - "Norden" - Iceland, Norway, Denmark >>>>(Faroes/Greenland), Sweden and Finland. Historically even the Baltic >>>>states belonged to the Nordic unity. >>>>This is probably not very interesting in the context. What does it >>>>change if it is the Finnish, or the Islandic flag that is printed on >>>>this totally ridiculous Leica edition? Because it has to be considered >>>>as another "special edition" - even if it probably just was thought >>>>as a >>>>"Demo series" - when some people manage to make business with it. >>>>That is the interesting, amazing (and once again ridiculous) part: >>>>these tiny printed, or engraved (?) flags cost 200$ !!! Oddmund >>>> >>>>>Håkan Dennersten wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>A "scandinavian" m7 is now released also. It has the four >>>>>>scandinavian flags printed on top. It is sold in the shops for 3200 >>>>>>$ the regular M7 is sold for 3000 $ >>>>>> >>>>>>/HD >>>>>> >>>>-- >>>>To unsubscribe, see >>>>http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>>> >>> >>>-- >>>Nathan Wajsman >>>Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >>> >>>e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >>>mobile: +41 78 732 1430 >>> >>>Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >>>General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>V i s i M e d i a -- G r a f i s k D e s i g n & W e b b p r o d >>u k t i o n >>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >>www.visimedia.com >>Tel. 0416-300 07, 070 99 22 55 9 >>Fax 0416 300 03 >> >>-- >>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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html