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Subject: [Leica] Stephen Gandy took down the Epson R-D1 info!
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Sep 4 06:33:23 2004
References: <5.2.1.1.2.20040318232438.03757378@192.168.100.11> <405B2891.6070705@osheaven.net> <405B40CD.23C1A533@earthlink.net>

I trust that they will do as good a job at marketing as did Schneider 
[choke!]

Jeffery

At 12:49 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
>don't quit your day job yet Sam.
>
>there isn't going to be a Cosina digital, or a Voigtlander digital
>but there is going to be a Epson Digital M rangefinder, available May /
>June.
>
>strangely enough, apparently Epson is marketing the camera itself, even
>though they have never sold one M camera before.  how well they start from
>scratch will have a lot to do with the camera's success.  the mind boggles
>on what MIGHT be done with merchandising, but to me its a waste of time to
>speculate.    time will tell.
>
>in other words, plans are for the Epson digital M not be sold thru Cosina
>Voigtlander.   As the page was on Voigtlander at PMA, I removed the Epson.
>
>Stephen Gandy
>
>
>Sam wrote:
>
> > Oh yeah! This is my day. If you look deep into the archives you will see
> > that I said there would never be a Cosina digital. I told you so. I told
> > you so! Ha! Call me pundit, marketer of truth. Oh, it feels soooo good.
> >
> > Let it be know that it would be in extremely poor taste to mention that
> > as soon as I was challenged I changed my tune like a song bird. I didn't
> > say I was brave, I said I was right.
> >
> > I wouldn't at all be surprised if PC World called me to do some free
> > lance work.
> >
> > Sam S
> >
> > Richard F. Man wrote:
> >
> > > OK, what kind of conspiracy theories can we come up with? :-)
> > >
> > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
> > > please use richard@imagecraft.com)
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