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 09:40:21 2006
References: <C06FC340.FBD7%bdcolen@comcast.net> <000001c66625$c9936120$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i>

True enough. :-)
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:59:34 -0500 "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> 
wrote:
"And as long as I'm living on borrowed time, we will probably both go belly
"up simultaneously. ;-)
"
"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 B. D.
"Colen
"Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:26 AM
"To: Leica Users Group
"Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya
"
"
"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 bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya)