[Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

On 12/24/05, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> Succinct and wrong.
> The death of the classic Hasselblad system is greatly exaggerated.
> We've been through this before.

Actually Mark there is more to it. The CEO of Hasselblad himself says
so. The classic film Hasselblad will be phased out. Those were his
words in October 2004.

I live not too far from the factory. I see it several times a week, if
I want to. About a year ago they fired the people on the production
line. They will tell you that they have the man-power required to
supply the market, but that is because their stocks are enough to
supply the market without making any more film cameras. This they also
say between the lines.

So you can buy a brand new Hasselblad, but you can't buy one made in
2005 or 2006.

But there's enough equipment on the market to keep the concept alive
for years. I'm still interested, but my interest is of no economic
value for the company.

Daniel