Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/07
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On 6 Sep 99, Bill Erfurth wrote, at least in part:
> Hasselblad is in the business of selling cameras,
> Leica is in the business of selling history &
> tradition. Hasselblad lives in the present, Leica
> lives in the past.
Yep, and Hassy owners are in the business of using their gear.
They do not sit around contemplating their navel and discussing
the exiguous details of their already 'too much free time' filled
lives on the Hassy List. As Dan said recently, witness the dearth of
posts on the Hassy List. They're out trying to make a living!
> Case in point, when you have the problems that Leica has, you
> don't spend time and money making a motor drive for a product
> that is 'dead in the water'...yes, I am talking about the R8.
But they *promised*, Bill! Besides, it's a given that the motor
drive, when finally out will be useable on whatever follows the R8.
(If it isn't, then they're really in trouble!)
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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Thought for the day:
A Buddhist monk refused Novocaine
when faced with root canal surgery.
He wanted to transcend dental medication.