Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Contax N1
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 16:53:21 -0700

I suggested some time back the combo of Contax and Leica as 1 company.
There are a lot of ways NOT to mix corporate issues with cooperation.

Just listen to what we know and what have been told......

Leica puts their name on Minolta Cameras, with some design from Leica, some
Minolta...  R series, Leica CL/CLE

Leica has Minolta make lenses for them.

Leica has Zeiss make lenses for them.

Leica has Contax ( Yashica (Kyocera))  make lenses for them.

Leica makes Point and shoot cameras.... I do not understand wher these come
from, but I doubt Leica is making the cameras in their factories.

Leica slaps their name on a Fuji DIgital Camera.

The President of Leica says that the company is heading for a MF camera...
SO where does Leica have the $$$  ( that is also spelled huevos) to design
and tool a bottoms up new camera when they are barely profitable?

Contax MF camera is considered world class if for no other reason than Zeiss
lenses...

Does it take a big leap of faith to guess that the Contax MF cameras may be
rebranded with Leica's name????

Ditto the scenario with some Fuji Camera, ala Hasselblad......

Match that scenario with a digital R9 camera...... maybe the Fuji digital
with a R lensmount?


I am on pins and needles waiting for Photokina, it should be real fun!

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net