Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mikiro, Can you give further details of the Bessa T ? Regards, Akhil Mikiro Mori wrote: > > At 7:46 am -0500 6/3/01, Dante A. Stella wrote: > >In a strange way, the Yasuhara *has* influnced the market. Do you think > >there would be a Bessa-R had there been no Yasuhara? > > > >Jem Kime wrote: > > > >> Folks, > >> I thought this might be of some interest to a few of us. Shin Yasuhara > >>wrote to inform me of their current state of production. > >> Jem > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> As for the T981 camera, we have already stopped to produce > >> and we are now keeping only one hundret pieces as stock. > >> > >> In the first time, we were plannning to export some amount of T981. > >> But, in this time, I think it is better not to export this camera. > >> Indeed, this camera had a great influence on the Japanese camera > >> makers and, as you know, some makers have faked this camera. > >> But, as for the technical achievement, we know there are many things > >> to be left. > >> > >> The total production amount of this camera is about 4000 pieces > >> and my first project has finished. > >> We are now developping the next camera. > >> (Everything about this camera is secret, > > > except the code name "T012") > > I assume that Mr. Kobayashi had not started development of Bessa when Mr. > Yasuhara disclosed his idea of producing T981 on his web site several years > before its production. However, he most likely knew that a potential market > existed for such cameras. One can safely say that T981 accelerated release > of Bessa-L. > > Although the original idea of Mr. Yasuhara was wonderful, he could not > realise it in the best way. In fact, I was disappointed when I first had my > hands on the T981 that I had waited for six months. It is a shame. I hope > that T012 will rival Bessa-R and soon-coming Bessa-T. > > -- > Mikiro > http://arbos.silva.net