Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Update on Hasselblad and Agfa
From: firkin at gexrp01.ncable.net.au (firkin)
Date: Tue Dec 27 18:33:11 2005
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNKEEMDFAB.red735i@earthlink.net> <9857514c8b237fae382ac85d57bc8d15@ncable.net.au> <a2f8f4470512231910g181c8b5dj179a4d4cd8e47172@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Daniel, exactly what I was after ;-) 

Cheers 

Daniel Ridings writes: 

> Alastair, 
> 
> Back in October 2004 the CEO had an interview (in Swedish) with our
> local paper (Hasselblad is based here). I put a paraphrase on the LUG
> at the time. The link to the original article (in Swedish) is still
> there. 
> 
> http://leica-users.org/v28/msg1485247.html 
> 
> Daniel 
> 
> On 12/24/05, Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:
>> Well, that fixes 'blad thanks Frank. There does not seem to be any
>> indication of this on their site when I looked quickly. Strange and
>> rapidly changing photographic world. 
>>
>> Cheers and here's a thought for all those Hasselblad rep families 
>>
>> On 24/12/2005, at 10:26, Frank Filippone wrote: 
>>
>> > The film cameras from Hasselblad are now dead.    They are firing all
>> > the
>> > Hasselblad sales reps.  They will be using the Imacon slales reps.
>> > When
>> > existing inventories of film equipment are gone, that is it.
>> >
>> > Is that succinct enough?
>> >
>> > Frank Filippone
>> > red735i@earthlink.net
>> >
>> > Hi all, I hear snippets of info. Can someone bring me up to speed on
>> > the latest in the demise of analogue with these two companies. H'bald
>> > discontinuing? Has anyone picked up Agfa's baton?
>> >
>> > Alastair
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> Alastair 
>>
>>
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Alastair Firkin
www.afirkin.com
www.familyofman2.com 

In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa)