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Subject: [Leica] Stephen Gandy took down the Epson R-D1 info!
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Sep 4 06:33:23 2004
References: <5.2.1.1.2.20040318232438.03757378@192.168.100.11> <405B2891.6070705@osheaven.net> <6.0.1.1.2.20040319113330.025f2408@pop.runbox.com> <405B3A2A.6040400@osheaven.net>

I've never seen a review of the lens. I think Mehdad may have one, but 
haven't seen anything shot with it. Rollei should have ditched the RF idea 
and just made some good Zeiss lenses in M mount.

At 12:21 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
>Yes. The wind is my master.
>
>Now the Cosina-made Rollei rangefinger is one dud of a camera. Adorma is 
>selling them as overstock. What brainless person thought they could sell a 
>$500 Cosina for $1,900 by giving it a not very attractive facelift and 
>affixing the Rollei name? The three people who bought them will have real 
>collector's items in 25 years.
>
>Sam S
>
>
>Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
>>Will you allow that there will be an Epson digital made by Cosina? When I 
>>heard that Rollei was coming out with a 35mm RF, I said "no way", and I 
>>still feel that way. Body is Cosina, and lens is Zeiss.
>>
>>At 11:06 AM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>>Oh yeah! This is my day. If you look deep into the archives you will see 
>>>that I said there would never be a Cosina digital. I told you so. I told 
>>>you so! Ha! Call me pundit, marketer of truth. Oh, it feels soooo good.
>>>
>>>Let it be know that it would be in extremely poor taste to mention that 
>>>as soon as I was challenged I changed my tune like a song bird. I didn't 
>>>say I was brave, I said I was right.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't at all be surprised if PC World called me to do some free 
>>>lance work.
>>>
>>>Sam S
>>>
>>>
>>>Richard F. Man wrote:
>>>
>>>>OK, what kind of conspiracy theories can we come up with? :-)
>>>>
>>>>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
>>>>please use richard@imagecraft.com)
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