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Subject: [Leica] Wow, new digital rangefinders!!!!
From: zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:03:16 -0500
References: <017601cad163$2606d570$80f510ac@chris0436b6050> <35389BD8-AC75-429A-BAF1-95F41FD1B455@gmail.com>

Keeping old guys on their toes, one shutter click at a time.

One of these years ya'll will ALL catch on and no one will reply to my lame 
April 1st emails.

Until then, keep the 911 number nearby.

Chris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Wow, new digital rangefinders!!!!


> WHAT DID I TELL YOU??! THIS  MAN IS EVIL. HE COULD HAVE GIVEN SOME OF US 
> OLD GUYS HEART ATTACKS! ONE THIRD OF ME WAS TRYING TO WRITE THIS REPLY, 
> ONE THIRD OF ME WAS TRYING TO GOOGLE "CANON NIKON RANGEFINDER NEW", AND 
> ONE THIRD OF ME WAS FUMBLING FOR MY CREDIT CARD.
>
> HE DOES IT EVERY YEAR! THIS IS LIKE LUCY HOLDING CHARLIE BROWN'S FOOTBALL 
> SO HE CAN KICK IT!
>
> Jeffery
>
>
> On Apr 1, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Chris Williams wrote:
>
>> Kind of crazy that Canon AND Nikon would announce new digital rangefinder 
>> cameras on the same day, this ups the ante in the rangefinder world for 
>> sure. Canon's RFmark1 and Nikon's DF1. You think they could have come up 
>> with better names. I like that both are 12mp CMOS sensors and have built 
>> in cleaning.
>>
>> So far no pricing on either camera but seems Nikon says first shipments 
>> will start in Japan in June and won't be available in the USA or Europe 
>> until August.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>> 04-01-2010
>>
>>
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