Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The namings used have Apple implications.... john ________________________________________ Well I would bet beer against a rebadged Fujifilm camera with an M mount ;-) Guessing is fun. Not long until the 11th. I am going to stay out of the web groups for a few days from then ;-) *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 28 May 2013 13:32, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > Sooooo, Geoff... anything else you'd care to share with us? ;-) > > Dick > > > > On May 27, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > > Nope ;-) > > On May 28, 2013 10:03 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at aol.com> > > wrote: > > > >> My guess is that the Leica mini m is simply a rebaged and cosmetically > >> altered Fuji x, possibly with an M mount. Leica and Fuji have had a long > >> relationship. Remember that the first Leica digitals were Fujis. The > >> Digilux was a Fuji MX-700, the Digilux Zoom, a Fuji MX-1700, and the > Diglux > >> 4.3, a Fuji 4700 Zoom. Back in the film days Leica had a relationship > with > >> Minolta. The Leica CL was a Minolta product. > >> > >> What better, cheaper, and more expedient way to fill a marketing void > than > >> simply putting your name on someone else's product. > >> > >> Larry Z > >>