Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]??!! > Wrong ... > > Camera prices in Norway are, if anything, lower than in Sweden, up to > 15-20%. (When it comes to digital Nikons (D100), Canons (D60) and > various > Leica stuff, not to mention Mamiyas. > > Daniel > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Per Claesson wrote: > >> Leica is probably targeting the Norwegian market, where the prices are >> probably the highest in the world nowadays. People seem to need >> something to spend their money on up there, and there is enough >> national pride over there. Dunno if anyone could care less in Sweden >> and Denmark... >> >> /Per >> >> >>> Hi Oddmund, >>> >>> I know that you are right, my post was just an attempt to provoke the >>> Finns on the list ;-) Although I must say that I believe that the >>> correct usage is in fact Scandinavia for DK, S and N since and Norden >>> further includes Iceland and Finland. I also equally well know that >>> the Finns consider themselves Scandinavian, even if their language >>> most certainly does not belong to that language family. >>> >>> I agree with you even more about the silliness of paying hundreds of >>> Euros extra for the various special editions. But if it helps Leica >>> survive financially, then I'm all for it (as long as someone else is >>> doing the buying)! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> nomansland@altern.org wrote: >>>> Jeu 12 déc 2002 23:23:08 +0100 >>>> Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> a écrit: >>>>> Four? There are three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway and >>>>> Sweden. Throw in Finland and Iceland and you have the Nordic >>>>> countries. So which is the fourth non-Scandinavian flag? Finnish? >>>> No, geographically only Norway and Sweden covers the Scandinavian >>>> peninsula - Denmark belongs to the European continent. Politically >>>> and >>>> culturally the terms Scandinavia and the Nordic countries are used >>>> indifferently for the same unity - "Norden" - Iceland, Norway, >>>> Denmark >>>> (Faroes/Greenland), Sweden and Finland. Historically even the Baltic >>>> states belonged to the Nordic unity. >>>> This is probably not very interesting in the context. What does it >>>> change if it is the Finnish, or the Islandic flag that is printed on >>>> this totally ridiculous Leica edition? Because it has to be >>>> considered >>>> as another "special edition" - even if it probably just was thought >>>> as a >>>> "Demo series" - when some people manage to make business with it. >>>> That is the interesting, amazing (and once again ridiculous) part: >>>> these tiny printed, or engraved (?) flags cost 200$ !!! Oddmund >>>>> Håkan Dennersten wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> A "scandinavian" m7 is now released also. It has the four >>>>>> scandinavian flags printed on top. It is sold in the shops for >>>>>> 3200 >>>>>> $ the regular M7 is sold for 3000 $ >>>>>> >>>>>> /HD >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe, see >>>> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >>> >>> e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >>> mobile: +41 78 732 1430 >>> >>> Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >>> General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, see >>> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> . >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> V i s i M e d i a -- G r a f i s k D e s i g n & W e b b p r o d >> u k t i o n >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> . >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> www.visimedia.com >> Tel. 0416-300 07, 070 99 22 55 9 >> Fax 0416 300 03 >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V i s i M e d i a -- G r a f i s k D e s i g n & W e b b p r o d u k t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visimedia.com Tel. 0416-300 07, 070 99 22 55 9 Fax 0416 300 03 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html