Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not sure what point you are making... Hasselblad's new owners did kill off the V line ( Classic 500 Series). The only thing still left is the H line, and that will go film only as an aside. Digital is where the line is going. Yes, you can buy whatever they have in stock. After that is gone, there is no more. If Canon buys Leica, and we do not know anything for sure as yet, then the R series is dead. Maybe the M series ( film) as well, but that remains to be seen. Doug Sharp's comments about the various patents is probably correct..... The patents are worth more than sales of a few measly tens of thousands of cameras a year, at almost any price. IN fact, the purchase of the company is probably cheaper than the cost of licensing some specific patent to use on 30,000 cameras a month. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net Last, Hasselblad is a decent example that new ownership will not kill off the film cameras. Film bodies were available until sales rates were in the low single digits. Heck, if you really wanted a film Hasselblad I bet you could get anything in the line.