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Subject: [Leica] buying the epsonia R-D1 in Japan....
From: locke at straylight.ca (Greg Locke)
Date: Wed Jun 9 02:12:44 2004

Is there any info on the web about this mysterious creature?

Greg Locke
St. John's, Newfoundland
www.greglocke.com
 ----JUST RELEASED-------
NEWFOUNDLAND ...journey into a lost nation
by Greg Locke and Michael Crummey
McClelland and Stewart
ISBN # 0-7710-6142-0 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of B. D. Colen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:16 PM
> To: 'Leica Users Group'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] buying the epsonia R-D1 in Japan....
> 
> I'd love to buy one, but not at that price - no matter who makes it.
> Someone recently said that the price is actually going to be 
> about $1800 US, which is reasonable - above that price point 
> for a 6 meg, non-full frame digital is getting crazy.
> 
> B. D.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Richard F. Man
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:54 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] buying the epsonia R-D1 in Japan....
> 
> 
> The last I heard is that the R-D1 will be available in "Japan 
> Only, Summer" 
> for $2000 to $3500 (!). One dealer does mention that it will 
> be available in US but with no timeframe on when.
> 
> Anycase, I will be in Japan during the 2nd half of July. If 
> it is available in Japan during that time AND if it is not 
> available in US "for a while," 
> how many people would be interested in buying it from me if I 
> were to "import" a few of them? (I guess Custom fee may kill 
> any profits..)
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me 
> directly, please use richard@imagecraft.com) 
> 
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