Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They have one - or is it two - of them at New England Photo, in Arlington, Mass. The camera and lens are in one box, the case is in another, and there is a piece of cardboard on the bottom. The whole thing is in shrink wrap, and the owner said that he is absolutely willing to bet that someone will come in, plunk down $6K, put the whole thing in a wall safe and never open the shrink wrap. Sad. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of ludwig 9 Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 6:00 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Is Nikon planning to release a new rangefinder to compete with theLeica M6? It's a thing of beauty. There's a new one for sale on ebay; they want 5 grand for it (+ lens & case). For no apparent reason they show a picture of the box it's sealed in. >From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Is Nikon planning to release a new rangefinder to >compete with the Leica M6? >Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:20:58 -0000 > >There's one sat in a dealer's window here in Paris - very nice looking >camera, no price tag! > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffery >L.Smith >Sent: 25 January 2002 19:45 >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Is Nikon planning to release a new rangefinder to >compete with the Leica M6? > > >There is already a commemorative Nikon S3 available for a king's ransom. > >JLS > > >At 02:16 PM 1/25/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Does anyone know whether the rumor that Nikon is coming out with their >own > >updated rangefinder (w/ TTL metering) to compete against the likes of the > >Contax G2 and Leica M6/M7 and Voigtlander Bessa series? I heard somewhere > >that this "Nikon rangefinder" is supposed to be an updated Nikon S3? > > > >Alfie > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html "Some of my liberal friends call me a Nazi, but I don't let it bother me. I don't let it bother me for one simple reason. No-one has ever had a sexual fantasy about being tied up and ravished by someone dressed as a liberal" _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html