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Subject: [Leica] OT - Nikon D3X
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Thu Jan 15 19:47:22 2009
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There may well be something to this. This  thought has occurred to me too.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Man" <richard.lists@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, 15 January, 2009 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Nikon D3X


> Well, we don't know what goes on in the backrooms, do we? I can imagine 
> the
> following scenario:
>
> Sony: Hey Mr. Nikon, we can supply you the highest quality FX sensor so 
> you
> can eat Canon's lunch.
> Nikon: Sure, what's the catch, you little devil?
> Sony: Simple, you position the D3/D700 at mid to upper range prices, and 
> we
> will price our A900 at the low end of that, and you will price the D3X at
> nose bleed price. In the end, we will all eat Canon's lunch.
> Nikon: Only if you cripple your A900 processing!
> Sony: But of course, Bwahahahaahahahahaha
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:14 PM, <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>
>> >Sony has infinitely more resources than Nikon.
>>
>> Yes but if they can recover more manufacturing and development costs when
>> they sell the camera to the consumer they can make a better camera.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>>
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