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Subject: [Leica] Kuwait bans DSLRs
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:47:02 -0500

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http://www.spacehijackers.co.uk/html/ideas/writing/dslr.html


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> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:25:17 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Kuwait bans DSLRs
> 
> 
> Le 23 nov. 10 ? 19:14, Douglas Sharp a ?crit :
> 
>> Probably to open up the market for special edition Leica M9 cameras
>> for rich sheikhs:-)
> 
> Another hypothesis is that DSLR might be some mischievous acronym in
> the language,
> or the name of an opposing political group,
> or pronounced like some insult to their faith,
> who knows?
> 
> BTW Just imagine how many trans-standard zoom lenses would sell in
> English speaking countries if called Wide-Tele Focals ...
> I'll ask Mark ;-)
> 
> 
> Ph
> 
> 
> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> On 23.11.2010 18:31, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
>>> 
>>> Tina Manley offered:
>>> Subject: [Leica] Kuwait bans DSLRs
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> LUG
>>>> 
>>>> Interesting:
>>>> http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/36940/kuwait-bans-use-dslr-cameras
>>>> 
>>>> <http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/36940/kuwait-bans-use-dslr-
>>>> cameras>Maybe
>>>> they'll sell a lot of M9s!!<<,,
>>> 
>>> Complete idiocy and paranoia! Once again the mental midgets are
>>> running the asylum !
>>> No different than the crazies hand patting passengers for a quick
>>> feel creating embarrassment!
>>> 
>>> The bad guys are winning all the time with a little tweak of
>>> paranoia every other month!
>>> ted
>>> 
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