Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re:20d/d70/rd1
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Wed Jun 22 20:19:58 2005
References: <42BA06A8.5070303@gmx.de><55ddf627ce37ef72a6868ce9f4246195@bellsouth.net><75D04B50-B150-40C1-9CD8-121F938487D7@charter.net><6.1.0.6.2.20050622200119.05f28aa0@192.168.100.42> <AD9AA77F-89EA-48A3-BE84-67C4D0218A93@earthlink.net>

Cause strict Nikon and Canon users ain't gonna pay Leica prices. Think about
how many lenses a Nikon/Canon user can get for one price of a Leica lens.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "feli" Subject: Re: [Leica] 20d/d70/rd1


>
> On Jun 22, 2005, at 8:03 PM, Richard wrote:
>
> > If Leica is smart, they would buy up the stock of R-EOS lens
> > adapter and sell them at $50 a pop when you purchase a new R-lens.
> > That may by itself save Leica for the time being...
>
> Does anyone know if Sigma had to pay a licensing fee to Canon in
> order to make lenses for their mount?
> Same for Tameron.  We've probably  been over this before, but what
> exactly is stopping Leica from
> making lenses for Nikon or Canon?
>
>
> feli



Replies: Reply from feli2 at earthlink.net (feli) ([Leica] Re:20d/d70/rd1)
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