Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] Hasselblad Trumps Leica
From: tomschofield at comcast.net (Tom Schofield)
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:10:23 -0700
References: <324405.29192.qm@web114407.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

I am waiting for Rollei to rise like the Phoenix with an SLS Gullwing 
edition!

Tom

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 7, 2010, at 3:08 PM, John Edwin Mason <profmason at yahoo.com> 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
> 
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