Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/17

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Subject: [Leica]New Nikon SP 2005 Limited Edition Introduced
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)
Date: Mon Jan 17 07:54:08 2005
References: <00a101c4fca7$6c1f11d0$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>

On Jan 17, 2005, at 7:15 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> :-)
> There is a difference, however, between the O and the SP...The SP is an
> eminently useable camera - and one with a fanatical following. I'd be
> willing to make one of my finance-risking $5 bets with someone that,
> unlike the S3, the SP will sell out - and at the ridiculous price
> Nikon's charging, I'd assume they'll make some money on it.
>

I think you are right. This one will sell. I'm not a Nikon fanatic, but 
even the
gearhead in me went "oooohhhhhh.....a SP....". But $7000 bucks is too 
rich for me.
Besides, you have to shoot that 35 it comes with, through that squinty 
little, non
parallax corrected auxiliary window. How primitive. ;-)



> And here's a wild thought for you...
> Could Nikon be testing the waters for a re-entry into the rangefinder
> market?

Maybe. They would have the WHOLE market to themselves, as everyone else
scrambled to catch up.


feli


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