Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 drive
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:04:14 -0500

At 06:14 PM 8/15/98 -0600, you wrote:

>This is a bad joke (or a bad dream) for a pro camera, being out for several
>years before a motor drive becomes available for it.  I've never heard of
>any other camera manufacturer doing anything like this.  

The reason this happened is the contractor who was about to put it into
production went bankrupt and closed just as they were to get on with it. So
Leica was forced to shop around for a new manufacturer. And they had to fit
into their schedule. It's one of the prices we pay for buying from a small
company. Leica is as upset about this as we are, I'm sure.
- -- 

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

"...what a privilege it is to be a photographer, to stand mid-stream in
life and feel it swirl around you, as real as the prairie wind."   --Jim
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