Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I was thinking was that a company like Cosina whose vision is so strongly tied to one man has an ego. Cosina products are all over, but there aren't any Cosina products that grown men lose sleep over. For example, the C/V Bessa cameras routinely sell for more money under the Voigtlander name than the Cosina. If the Cosina D-RF comes out under the Epson name only, I'm way off base. Sam S Sonny Carter wrote: > On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:02:12 -0500, sam wrote > >>Wow. At $6,000 for the Leica (in two years) and the Cosina at maybe >>$2500-3500, the Cosina looks better and better. This may be Cosina's >>one big chance to become a world-class player. >> >>Sam S >> > > Sam, Cosina already is a world class player. They make camera bodies for > most major makers except Canon, and aftermarket lenses for many brands. They > cameras that will take Contax RF lenses, Nikon RF lenses and Leica LTM and M > mount. They have a new camera that will use Pentax-Practika thread mount. > Cosina makes the frame and probably more of the Rollei 35 RF. They are an > aggressive company with excellent products. > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > > -- > 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