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Subject: [Leica] fourthirds news from Leica
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Mar 6 16:23:12 2006

LOL!:-)


On 3/6/06 6:48 PM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote:

> Knowing Leica's track record so far, they'll probably bring out a
> spec-sheet saying " Of course these lenses can be used on other cameras,
> but Leica doesn't recommend it"
> Douglas
> 
> B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
>> Right...Leica, Panasonic, Olympus, Kodak, and Sigma are, at the moment, 
>> part
>> of a 4/3 consortium, for want of a better way to put it. It's just another
>> example of Leica's head in the sand - to be kind about where the head
>> appears to be - marketing and business sense.
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/6/06 2:02 PM, "bruce" <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>> It must be compatible to be able to follow the 4/3 norm.
>>> 
>>> B.
>>> 
>>> On 6-mrt-2006, at 19:19, Lucien vD wrote:
>>> 
>>>    
>>> 
>>>> B.D.,
>>>> 
>>>> Are sure it's 100 % compatible with the 4 Olympus DSLR ?
>>>> 
>>>> Lucien
>>>> 
>>>> B. D. Colen wrote :
>>>> 
>>>>      
>>>> 
>>>>> Leave it to the marketing morons at Leica to fail to point out
>>>>> that their
>>>>> lens can be used on not one, but FOUR Olympus DSLR bodies. But
>>>>> hey, why
>>>>> would they want to sell more lenses? Let's maintain the
>>>>> exclusivity until we
>>>>> go out of business, right? :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/6/06 12:42 PM, "bruce" <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>        
>>>>> 
>>>>>> If you have not received the confirmation, please view:
>>>>>> http://www.leica-camera.com/unternehmen/presse/data/04866/
>>>>>> index_e.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> B.
>>>>>> 
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