Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You mean Leica DIDN'T admit that all of their lenses since 1984 have been made by Konica? At 07:38 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote: >What is today's date? > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > >on 4/1/04 5:25 AM, Dante Stella at dante@umich.edu wrote: > > > I saw the same article - you left out that part that due to new > > efficiencies of scale, the Leica model will cost HALF of the RD-1's > > $3800 price. > > > > On Apr 1, 2004, at 7:42 AM, Richard F. Man wrote: > > > >> According to a Lecia web forum, Leica is buying the Epson R-D1 > >> technology! They claim that this will allow them to ship the digital M > >> by the year's end, instead of in 2006. They have a crash team adapting > >> their 10 Megapixel full frame sensor to the R-D1 body and release it > >> as Leica R-D1 by Photokina. The team that was working on the original > >> Leica Digital M will continue to work on R-D2, that uses the Leica M7 > >> body instead o the modified Voigtlander R2. Due to this buyout, Epson > >> will not be releasing the R-D1 as announced :-( Of course we will have > >> a full frame camera instead of the 1.5x crop factor so this is good > >> news indeed. > >> > >> Apparently the deal only works because Epson couldn't see how they can > >> sell the R-D1 into this niche market. So instead of just dropping the > >> whole project, they cut their losses and struck a deal with Leica. > >> There are some rumors that Epson bought out the Hermes shares of Leica > >> (30%) at 200% premium to make the transaction appealing to Hermes, but > >> there's no independent confirmation for now. > >> > >> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > >> please use richard@imagecraft.com) > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > ____________ > > Dante Stella > > http://www.dantestella.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information