Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/07

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Subject: [Leica] Hasselblad Trumps Leica
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 17:52:46 -0700
References: <324405.29192.qm@web114407.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4CAE5F07.3010904@panix.com>

As much as I love Leica, I don't think anyone can dethrone Leica from this
race.

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com> wrote:

> Is that a race you really want to win?
>
> -rei
>
>
>
> On 10/07/2010 06:08 PM, John Edwin Mason wrote:
>
>> Sad, but true, cousins.
>>
>> Hasselblad has trumped Leica's 31,000 dollar, VW-designed, titanium M9
>> with its Ferrari Limited Edition H4D.
>>
>> No word on pricing.
>>
>> (And, no, this is not from the Onion.):
>>
>>
>> http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/06/image-adjustment-hasselblad-launches-h4d-ferrari-limited-editio/
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2d5onyd
>>
>> (PS  I don't honestly think that Leica has been trumped.  The Hassy's red
>> paint and a glued-on prancing horse are a tacky combination.  At least
>> Walter de Silva's M9 is pretty.)
>>
>> --John
>>
>> ******************************
>> John Edwin Mason, Photography:
>> http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com
>> Charlottesville and Cape Town
>>
>>
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