Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/30

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Subject: Vs: [Leica] Leica R death
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 19:51:08 +0100

At the LUG meeting with Leica officials they said the the R system is not going to be withdrawn - they want to recap the investment. And if I read correctly between the lines a new, lighter body is being planned.
All the best!
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Lähettäjä: LuPi <lucapiccinelli@libero.it>
Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Päivä: 01. lokakuuta 2000 17:17
Aihe: [Leica] Leica R death


>I'm sorry, but I'm a newby. I stayed some days lurking and I read some
>emails saying about the future of the R system and underlining that it was
>not going to death.
>Now I would like to know something about the beginning of this problem, that
>is: who said that the R system was in death ?
>The real reason of my question is that in an italian newsgroup a man wrote
>that he went to Photokina, attended to a conference with Leica managers and
>he understood that they were planning to stop production of R. I guess he is
>not saying the truth, probably he never went to Colonia but I'd like to have
>a confirmation from LUGgers who really went to Photokina.
>
>
>thank you
>Luca Piccinelli
> Italy
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