Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/27

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Mini m
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 10:05:14 +1000
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Nope ;-)
On May 28, 2013 10:03 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote:

> My guess is that the Leica mini m is simply a rebaged and cosmetically
> altered Fuji x, possibly with an M mount. Leica and Fuji have had a long
> relationship. Remember that the first Leica digitals were Fujis. The
> Digilux was a Fuji MX-700, the Digilux Zoom, a Fuji MX-1700, and the Diglux
> 4.3, a Fuji 4700 Zoom. Back in the film days Leica had a relationship with
> Minolta. The Leica CL was a Minolta product.
>
> What better, cheaper, and more expedient way to fill a marketing void than
> simply putting your name on someone else's product.
>
> Larry Z
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Replies: Reply from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)
 In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at aol.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)