Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/23

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Subject: [Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Fri Dec 23 19:10:06 2005
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNKEEMDFAB.red735i@earthlink.net> <9857514c8b237fae382ac85d57bc8d15@ncable.net.au>

Alastair,

Back in October 2004 the CEO had an interview (in Swedish) with our
local paper (Hasselblad is based here). I put a paraphrase on the LUG
at the time. The link to the original article (in Swedish) is still
there.

http://leica-users.org/v28/msg1485247.html

Daniel

On 12/24/05, Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:
> Well, that fixes 'blad thanks Frank. There does not seem to be any
> indication of this on their site when I looked quickly. Strange and
> rapidly changing photographic world.
>
> Cheers and here's a thought for all those Hasselblad rep families
>
> On 24/12/2005, at 10:26, Frank Filippone wrote:
>
> > The film cameras from Hasselblad are now dead.    They are firing all
> > the
> > Hasselblad sales reps.  They will be using the Imacon slales reps.
> > When
> > existing inventories of film equipment are gone, that is it.
> >
> > Is that succinct enough?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > red735i@earthlink.net
> >
> > Hi all, I hear snippets of info. Can someone bring me up to speed on
> > the latest in the demise of analogue with these two companies. H'bald
> > discontinuing? Has anyone picked up Agfa's baton?
> >
> > Alastair
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> Alastair
>
>
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Replies: Reply from firkin at gexrp01.ncable.net.au (firkin) ([Leica] Re: Update on Hasselblad and Agfa)
In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa)