Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/23

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Subject: [Leica] Partly OT Leica and Bessa cameras
From: leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:00:59 +0200
References: <36172e5a0904222347j52479173j697ff021f140e094@mail.gmail.com>

sorry geoff, this was meant for you, directly .........

"............. put the income down as a deposit on that white m8, but  
only with the elmarit m 28.

b."


On 23-apr-2009, at 8:47, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Two emails today, one from my Leica dealer with the product  
> announcement of
> the white M8 and one from the Voigtlander distributor for  
> Australia, who
> runs a business completely dedicated to film cameras.
>
> I was about to be appalled by the albino M8, however it looks  
> surprisingly
> smart. Not practical by rather attractive. Kind of like having  
> Angelina
> Jolie in white mink as your girlfriend. One neat touch (on the M8, not
> Angelina) is that it has a matching white old style vented hood on the
> matching Elmarit M 28. Anyway I hope that collectors snap them up  
> and put
> their money in Leica's coffers. Are you out there Vick? Wanna see some
> pretty pictures?
>
> The Voigtlander Bessa III stocks are due in Australia in June and  
> the price
> is now fixed at AUD 3250 which is about USD 2300 on today's  
> exchange rate.
> Considering our dollar here has devalued against the Yen by about  
> 40% in
> recent times, I guess it could have been much worse.
> Hardly cheap of course and only for the dedicated. Our Voigtlander  
> guy is
> making one available for a nominal amount for 2 weeks each as it  
> goes on
> tour around the country here. Kudos to him for that initiative.  
> I've applied
> for a spot.
>
> In other sadder news, my local dealer has just told me that my M7  
> has been
> sold. Sob. I have seller's remorse already. I need to buy something  
> else
> with a red dot on it immediately.
>
> -- 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 'A photograph is an interpretation of something by someone
> and it can be anything we want it to be' *Mike Langford*
>
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Replies: Reply from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Partly OT Leica and Bessa cameras)
In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Partly OT Leica and Bessa cameras)