Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/24

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Subject: [Leica] ZI delayed
From: mccluney at sbcglobal.net (Gene E. McCluney)
Date: Wed Aug 24 13:29:59 2005
References: <6.1.0.6.2.20050824025936.1203a978@192.168.100.42> <c695f1dd0508240524763828e2@mail.gmail.com> <008901c5a8c3$b0eedb60$1ae76c18@ted> <440b792d05082409493e5ce0cc@mail.gmail.com> <430CAE41.2E19F397@earthlink.net>

Unlike Leica, both Zeiss and Cosina are profitable companies, and their
collaboration on the ZI and the Zeiss Lenses  is bearing fruit.  Already
most of the lenses are available, as well as the viewfinders, lenshades.

The camera will come.  It will happen.   Just be patient.

Gene McCluney





>Cosina and Zeiss are in partnership on the new ZI.  go to the Cosina 
>website and
>you will fine part of Cosina's site is Zeiss now.
>
>every single Zeiss item is inspected by Zeiss quality control 
>inspectors in Japan,
>before it can be shipped.  The lenses include those inspection 
>certs, like many of
>the classic camera makers did at one time.
>
>Stephen
>
>mehrdad wrote:
>
>>  i think cosina very much regulates their output, though stuff are
>>  coming late, i am glad they are in business and can hopefully be there
>>  for a long time
>>
>>  On 8/24/05, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>  > Nathan Adams asked:
>>  > "Subject: Re: [Leica] ZI delayed
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > >>>Computer geeks use the term "vaporware" to describe products that 
>> are
>>  > >>>long
>>  > promised but never materialise. Wonder what us camera geeks can 
>>come up with
>>  > to describe the the ZI RF and the Digital M? <<<<<
>>  >
>>  > Nowhere! or Neverhappenware? ;-)
>>  >
>>  > ted
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
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>>  --
>>    -------------------------------------
>>    regards, mehrdad
>>
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In reply to: Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard) ([Leica] ZI delayed)
Message from captainslack at gmail.com (Nathan Adams) ([Leica] ZI delayed)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] ZI delayed)
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] ZI delayed)
Message from leicanikon at earthlink.net (Stephen Gandy) ([Leica] ZI delayed)