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Subject: [Leica] Leica Mini-M [was Re: REASONS why leica is so slow with M]
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 19:48:22 -0700
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my dealer thinks it is a micro forth third as nathan suggested with some
leica lenses? though when he contacted his rep, he did not even know about
the announcement


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hard to tell
> What the hell
> from a picture
> of a box.
>
> Don't get your hopes up.
>
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Tina - That might be part of the problem, but I'm still amazed at the
> lack
> > of enthusiasm.  This might be the camera many of us have been waiting
> for.
> >  I know I've been disappointed by the trail Leica has been following
> lately
> > and maybe that's affecting others, too.
> >
> > I for one am cautiously hopeful about the camera based on comments made
> by
> > Leica during the last meeting at Wetzlar, but we'll see.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 24, 2013, at 10:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> >
> > > Well, the LUG has been down for two days and the mini was just
> announced.
> > > That could have something to do with the lack of comments!  The mini
> > > sounds interesting since it is not Panasonic and is made by Leica in
> > > Germany.  I would want to know more.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Richard Taylor <
> r.s.taylor at comcast.net
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> What amazes me most about the Leica announcement of the Mini M is the
> > yawn
> > >> it seems to have received from the LUG.  I wouldn't say the LUF was
> > exactly
> > >> ablaze with excitement ...
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/285598-mini-m.html
> > >>
> > >> ... but we're absolutely moribund about it.
> > >>
> > >> That is astonishing, if you think about it.
> > >>
> > >> Dick
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On May 24, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> It's not a rumour, George. It is up on the official site and their
> blog
> > >> as
> > >>> a teaser to increase interest I guess.
> > >>> I don't know that they are concerned with competing with FujiFilm
> > though.
> > >>> Different market segments. I don't think that it will compete with
> the
> > M
> > >>> Typ 240 either and for the same reason. Still I'm not a business
> > manager.
> > >>> The new Leica has been in development for at least 3 years I believe.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett
> > >>>
> > >>> Cheers
> > >>> Geoff
> > >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 25 May 2013 11:03, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On May 23, 2013, at 9:36 AM, mehrdad wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>
> >
> http://photorumors.com/2013/05/23/leica-coming-out-with-a-mini-m-camera-on-june-11/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotoRumors+%28PhotoRumors.com%29
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> they are working on another camera!!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> they trying to put their finger in the hole that Fuji drilled in the
> > >> dike?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Regards,
> > >>>> George Lottermoser
> > >>>> george at imagist.com
> > >>>> http://www.imagist.com
> > >>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > > www.tinamanley.com
> > >
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>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
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  regards, mehrdad


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