Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/27

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Mini m
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 03:42:25 +0000
References: <F6CC0EDD-1F48-4A39-B76E-43357BD202F7@aol.com> <CAE3QcF5E8DFTCtsGXsk5PWLWtV0Az2S-v7bfo3P2kBjq9ukumg@mail.gmail.com> <DD5113CE-50E6-4F10-A41E-1E7E0B571502@comcast.net>, <CAE3QcF7v0o8YSdPRaaTL4A=6wSyUQUv2hJRXAYNCb6a1sCHHBA@mail.gmail.com>

The namings used have Apple implications....

john
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Well I would bet beer against a rebadged Fujifilm camera with an M mount ;-)
Guessing is fun. Not long until the 11th. I am going to stay out of the web
groups for a few days from then ;-)


*Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 28 May 2013 13:32, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote:

> Sooooo, Geoff...  anything else you'd care to share with us?   ;-)
>
> Dick
>
>
>
> On May 27, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>
> > Nope ;-)
> > On May 28, 2013 10:03 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at aol.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> My guess is that the Leica mini m is simply a rebaged and cosmetically
> >> altered Fuji x, possibly with an M mount. Leica and Fuji have had a long
> >> relationship. Remember that the first Leica digitals were Fujis. The
> >> Digilux was a Fuji MX-700, the Digilux Zoom, a Fuji MX-1700, and the
> Diglux
> >> 4.3, a Fuji 4700 Zoom. Back in the film days Leica had a relationship
> with
> >> Minolta. The Leica CL was a Minolta product.
> >>
> >> What better, cheaper, and more expedient way to fill a marketing void
> than
> >> simply putting your name on someone else's product.
> >>
> >> Larry Z
> >>


In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at aol.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)