Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sat Apr 22 09:39:39 2006
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Why would I throw away $10? My point had less than nothing to do with build 
quality. :-)
Shoot on!
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...... Original Message .......
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 17:32:45 +0200 "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> 
wrote:
"Reality check.
"
"Betcha 10 dollars my M2 outlasts your Olympus :-)
"
"Daniel
"
"On 4/22/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
"> Time for a reality check - ANY film system anyone gets into now is on
"> borrowed time, including - yes, it's true - Leica film. (Actually, 
there's
"> probably one exception to this, and that's large format, which has really
"> survived as an art tool, and will probably continue to survive for that
"> reason. ) While there will continue to be film cameras and film available
"> for a long time, and parts will probably be available for the likes of 
Leica
"> for years to come, we are at the end of an era.
">
">
"> On 4/22/06 11:12 AM, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
">
"> > I wish they had gotten into an RF system instead of the heavy, 
clunking,
"> > flopping mirror cameras.
"> >
"> > Jeffery Smith
"> > New Orleans, LA
"> > http://www.400tx.com
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> > -----Original Message-----
"> > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
"> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
Arche,
"> > Harvey
"> > Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 12:57 AM
"> > To: lug@leica-users.org
"> > Subject: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya
"> >
"> >
"> >
"> > Daniel wrote:
"> >> Now, now. Not all is bleak:
"> >>
"> >> http://www.araxfoto.com/
"> >>
"> >> Daniel
"> >
"> > These are new to me, but I don't pay close attention to the MF world. 
Has
"> > anybody anything to say about them? At those prices MF would be hard 
to not
"> > to move into. Its just too bad that the russian design esthetic for 
cameras
"> > hasn't moved away from coffins and hearses. Arche
"> >
"> >
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In reply to: Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)
Message from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)