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Subject: [Leica] Partly OT Leica and Bessa cameras
From: leica at ralgo.nl (bruce golding)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:56:04 +0200
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............. put the income down as a deposit on that white m8, but  
only with the elmarit m 28.

b.


On 23-apr-2009, at 16:28, Sonny Carter wrote:

> Gandy is offering the bessa at US$ 2250
>
> Wonder if it is quieter than the Fuji folders?
>
> http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtl_bessa_iii.htm
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Geoff Hopkinson  
> <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Two emails today, one from my Leica dealer with the product  
>> announcement of
>> the white M8 and one from the Voigtlander distributor for  
>> Australia, who
>> runs a business completely dedicated to film cameras.
>>
>> I was about to be appalled by the albino M8, however it looks  
>> surprisingly
>> smart. Not practical by rather attractive. Kind of like having  
>> Angelina
>> Jolie in white mink as your girlfriend. One neat touch (on the M8,  
>> not
>> Angelina) is that it has a matching white old style vented hood on  
>> the
>> matching Elmarit M 28. Anyway I hope that collectors snap them up  
>> and put
>> their money in Leica's coffers. Are you out there Vick? Wanna see  
>> some
>> pretty pictures?
>>
>> The Voigtlander Bessa III stocks are due in Australia in June and  
>> the price
>> is now fixed at AUD 3250 which is about USD 2300 on today's  
>> exchange rate.
>> Considering our dollar here has devalued against the Yen by about  
>> 40% in
>> recent times, I guess it could have been much worse.
>> Hardly cheap of course and only for the dedicated. Our Voigtlander  
>> guy is
>> making one available for a nominal amount for 2 weeks each as it  
>> goes on
>> tour around the country here. Kudos to him for that initiative. I've
>> applied
>> for a spot.
>>
>> In other sadder news, my local dealer has just told me that my M7  
>> has been
>> sold. Sob. I have seller's remorse already. I need to buy  
>> something else
>> with a red dot on it immediately.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>> 'A photograph is an interpretation of something by someone
>> and it can be anything we want it to be' *Mike Langford*
>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Partly OT Leica and Bessa cameras)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Partly OT Leica and Bessa cameras)