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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Decisive moment in my local Leica world
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Nov 10 05:06:15 2008
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Indeed! Such a dollar tragedy. July was 1 AUD =.98 USD
Today here = .69. But its staggering up from a low of about .60!!
Actually I'm just plotting to maybe get the new 3.8 24 from Popflash!

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Leonard Taupier
Sent: Monday, 10 November 2008 22:59
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Decisive moment in my local Leica world

Good luck, Geoff. The M8.2 at B&H with the AUS$ to US$ rate of 1.44:1 is
$9064.80.

Len


On Nov 10, 2008, at 6:14 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> I decided to be unhappy with the dealer because he won't sell me his 
> demo lens any more since he can't afford to replace the stock!
> I decided that I should have paid for it the day before the 
> replacement cost became known!
> I decided that it might be cheaper next year to upgrade rather than 
> trade my M8!
> Leica all went up more than 20% in one hit locally.
> We shall see what I can find in California next month ;-)
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Decisive moment in my local Leica world
>
> And what did you decite??? Just curious! ;-))
>
> Regards
>
> Fred
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:58 AM
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Decisive moment in my local Leica world
>
>
>> Folks I feel compelled to share this decisive moment that occurred in 
>> my home town recently. The world was forever changed by Photokina and 
>> the global financial crisis.
>>  <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/lf/AVK.jpg.html>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/lf/AVK.jpg.html>
>> http://tinyurl.com/568wdj
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>> Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can.
>>
>>
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