Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New Screw Mount Camera
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:15:33 -0700

At 02:21 PM 10/5/98 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-10-05 14:01:47 EDT, you write:
>
>"Why no more discussion of the new Japanese screw mount body which will -
>supposedly - be on sale in Japan by years end for 55,000 yen - about $450
>US?"
>
>-------------------------------
>IMHO, if this camera ever makes it to market @ US$450, it's either going
to be
>a big money loser to those who have invested in it, or it's going to be a
>miserable piece of sh_ _ !  Nothing more than a pipe dream prototype!! :-)
>
>Arturo

EXACTLY Arturo! I think you have nailed it. A Petri and a CLE slept
together and this is their offspring. After seeing it, the CLE committed
suicide.

Jim