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Subject: [Leica] Kuwait bans DSLRs
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:25:17 +0100
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Le 23 nov. 10 ? 19:14, Douglas Sharp a ?crit :

> Probably to open up the market for special edition Leica M9 cameras  
> for rich sheikhs:-)

Another hypothesis is that DSLR might be some mischievous acronym in  
the language,
or the name of an opposing political group,
or pronounced like some insult to their faith,
who knows?

BTW Just imagine how many trans-standard zoom lenses would sell in  
English speaking countries if called Wide-Tele Focals ...
I'll ask Mark ;-)


Ph



> Douglas
>
> On 23.11.2010 18:31, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
>>
>> Tina Manley offered:
>> Subject: [Leica] Kuwait bans DSLRs
>>
>>
>>> LUG
>>>
>>> Interesting:
>>> http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/36940/kuwait-bans-use-dslr-cameras
>>>
>>> <http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/36940/kuwait-bans-use-dslr- 
>>> cameras>Maybe
>>> they'll sell a lot of M9s!!<<,,
>>
>> Complete idiocy and paranoia! Once again the mental midgets are  
>> running the asylum !
>> No different than the crazies hand patting passengers for a quick  
>> feel creating embarrassment!
>>
>> The bad guys are winning all the time with a little tweak of  
>> paranoia every other month!
>> ted
>>
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