Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Contax N1 + Photokina hopes
From: Chris Lee <chrislee@mac.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 22:22:07 -0700

> I understand that Contax SLR sales have been stagnant for at least a couple
> of years and that the only way forward for Kyocera was to retool for AF.

This was probably true for sometime, but not since last year. Blake Ziegler,
the main guy at Contax USA, recently said that the Yashica/Contax group has
had a record year--the highest profit in the group's history.

Chris