Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I'm right Mamiya is in the same company as Bogen/Manfrotto, or they used to be anyway. Tripods sales will always be there. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya > I wasn't surprised to see Fujifilm stop producing the Texas Leicas. They > were just too damned big. And I wasn't surprised to see Bronica fold up. > They were always second fiddle to Hasselblad. Contax never really made it > big in the MF area, so their withdrawal wasn't too surprising. And Pentax is > going after the consumer digital market, so they needed to change focus. But > Mamiya was pretty much MF only, and not going after the consumer digital > market, and was pretty well entrenched in the RB67 market. To have them drop > the line was a bit saddening. > > And when Rolleiflex drops the TLR line, it will be even sadder. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com