Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sat Apr 22 08:32:48 2006
References: <000201c6661f$30c87260$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i> <C06FC340.FBD7%bdcolen@comcast.net>

Reality check.

Betcha 10 dollars my M2 outlasts your Olympus :-)

Daniel

On 4/22/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
> Time for a reality check - ANY film system anyone gets into now is on
> borrowed time, including - yes, it's true - Leica film. (Actually, there's
> probably one exception to this, and that's large format, which has really
> survived as an art tool, and will probably continue to survive for that
> reason. ) While there will continue to be film cameras and film available
> for a long time, and parts will probably be available for the likes of 
> Leica
> for years to come, we are at the end of an era.
>
>
> On 4/22/06 11:12 AM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > I wish they had gotten into an RF system instead of the heavy, clunking,
> > flopping mirror cameras.
> >
> > Jeffery Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> > http://www.400tx.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> > Arche,
> > Harvey
> > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:57 AM
> > To: lug@leica-users.org
> > Subject: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya
> >
> >
> >
> > Daniel wrote:
> >> Now, now. Not all is bleak:
> >>
> >> http://www.araxfoto.com/
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >
> > These are new to me, but I don't pay close attention to the MF world. Has
> > anybody anything to say about them? At those prices MF would be hard to 
> > not
> > to move into. Its just too bad that the russian design esthetic for 
> > cameras
> > hasn't moved away from coffins and hearses. Arche
> >
> >
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Replies: Reply from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)
In reply to: Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)
Message from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)