Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/17

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Re: Nikon's profits tripled
From: jcb at visualimpressions.com (JCB)
Date: Wed Nov 17 16:41:45 2004
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Correct Doug! If one has a Leica R8/R9 and interested in the R digital 
back, one would not be interested in a Nikon digital back regardless of how 
swappable it is! People typically don't plan future photography systems 
based on hearsay and innuendo.

JB


At 04:19 PM 11/17/2004, Douglas Herr wrote:

>B.D., the DMR - Leica's digital back - is about $5,000, not $7,000.  And 
>why are you guessing the hypothetical Nikon digital back will be truly 
>swappable?  Is there any basis for this guess?
>
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com

>"B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Except that Leica's $7K? digital back is not intended to be swapped on a
> > regular basis, according to a post here recently.
> > ... Nikon's, I would guess, will be truly swappable - IF they produce 
> > one.
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