Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And last time I bet beer against Chris it was about the R10 and I had to pay up! On May 28, 2013 1:43 PM, "Chris Williams" <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > I would bet a case of beer. Fuji is trying to compete with Leica,not hold > hands. Besides, Fuji likes to make Hasselblads :) > > > > Chris Williams > 504-231-6261 > www.zoeicaimages.net > > Sent from my iholga > > > On May 27, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 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 > >>>> > >>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >