Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hexar RF may be history in USA
From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 13:57:23 -0500
References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030504112652.00b31170@pop.runbox.com>

You're right. As far as I know, the Hexar RF was never even advertised to 
the US audience. All the ads I saw were in UK magazines.

Jeffery

At 02:31 PM 5/4/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>Subject: [Leica] Hexar RF may be history in USA
>
>
> > At the risk of being considered a troll for using the H***** RF word, the
> > word is out that Konica USA will no longer carry this camera. Cameraland
>is
> > selling off the inventory at a reduced price. There are still some at B&H
> > at the regular price. As much flak as it gets for being a wannabe Leica,
>it
> > is a good RF camera. I'm sorry to see its passing. Looks like it is just
> > Leica and Voigtlander (and its clone Rollei) for now.
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
>
>Konica has never really put much corporate support behind the Hexar RF.
>Maybe when Minolta becomes a division of Konica (you can call it a merger
>but Konica has the deep pockets here), there will be a new RF product
>developed by Minolta photo.  That is unless Cosina has blown all the Leica
>wanna-be's out of the water.
>
>Gary
>
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