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Subject: [Leica] Fuji's rangefinder sort of looking digital
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:59:58 -0700
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They were very successful little cameras, though low on the megs.
I saw the Border Patrol use them to do id photos of people in immediate 
custody. 
There was a field package made expressly for that.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Leica/leica_digilux.asp
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Leica/leica_digiluxzoom.asp
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Leica/leica_digilux43.asp (same size 
sensor as the Canons S90/95, G10-12)
S.d.

On Sep 20, 2010, at 10:47 AM, William B. Abbott III wrote:

> Slobodan,
> 
> Thanks, I remembered something like that.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Sep 19, 2010, at 11:05 PM, slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
> 
>> The first two digital consumer Leica cameras were rebadged Fujis.
>> S.d.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:37 PM, William B.Abbott III wrote:
>> 
>>> Somewhere in the deep, dark digital past I seem to remember that Leica 
>>> and Fuji collaborated on some code, which may mean nothing now, or it 
>>> may mean that the relationship is still active.
>>> 
>>> Any info, thoughts, etc.?
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 19, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>> 
>>>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091910fujifilmx100.asp
>>>> 
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