Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/07

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Hasselblad Trumps Leica
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:00:07 -0400
References: <324405.29192.qm@web114407.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Is that a race you really want to win?

-rei


On 10/07/2010 06:08 PM, John Edwin Mason wrote:
> Sad, but true, cousins.
>
> Hasselblad has trumped Leica's 31,000 dollar, VW-designed, titanium M9 
> with its Ferrari Limited Edition H4D.
>
> No word on pricing.
>
> (And, no, this is not from the Onion.):
>
> http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/06/image-adjustment-hasselblad-launches-h4d-ferrari-limited-editio/
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2d5onyd
>
> (PS  I don't honestly think that Leica has been trumped.  The Hassy's red 
> paint and a glued-on prancing horse are a tacky combination.  At least 
> Walter de Silva's M9 is pretty.)
>
> --John
>
> ******************************
> John Edwin Mason, Photography:
> http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com
> Charlottesville and Cape Town
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>    


Replies: Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Hasselblad Trumps Leica)
In reply to: Message from profmason at yahoo.com (John Edwin Mason) ([Leica] Hasselblad Trumps Leica)