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Subject: [Leica] R surgery by Leica - what da ya think
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:42:50 -0700
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I am already doing mine in Nikon mount, thank you....Steve


On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:02 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> posted on the l-camera-forum
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> I am sworn to secrecy on the alleged M9 issue, but have good news on  
> the matter of R lenses on digital cameras. I can reveal that Leica  
> Camera will offer a 'turn-it-in' service where you send your R  
> lenses in for conversion to DSLR fitting, fixed price per lens 50  
> Euro, plus Insured Shipping & Handling just 15 Euro per lens. There  
> will also be a rangefinder-coupling conversion service to Leica M  
> for focal lengths up to 90mm, cost 150 Euro per lens. M8 and M8.2  
> Passport holders to get priority.
>
> Time in workshop guaranteed only one day, but waiting time depends  
> on demand. This explains why Leica Camera has been recruiting  
> instrument mechanics from other German companies and running 'behind  
> closed doors' training sessions since April 1.
>
> Licensing agreement was signed with Nikon, Olympus and Sony on 27  
> May this year ,and with Canon on 31 July. Pentax are still holding  
> out for better terms - Leica has offered them a royalty of 25 Euros  
> for each conversion but Pentax are holding out for the same deal as  
> the others, 27.50 Euros. No reason has been given for the  
> discriminatory deal against Pentax, but another industry source  
> claims it is because Leica anticipate such a huge take-up from  
> Pentax lens owners, saying 'They estimate a lot of Pentax lens  
> owners could want to take it up'.
>
> A Leica executive, who has asked not to be named said earlier today  
> 'We would like to get Pentax on board, but I guess we can live  
> without them'. She refused to confirm that Panasonic have been given  
> preferential terms, but agreed that they too are part of the  
> agreement and continue 'to be valued co-partners'. She refused to be  
> drawn on whether R lens production will re-start but confirmed that  
> the new management ethos at Leica Camera is 'to go with the flow'.
>
> This is surely the best news in a long time and should reassure the  
> doubters that Leica Camera is a major force in the camera industry,  
> with a firm grasp of market trends.
>
> Please feel free to post this news on any forum you wish a matter of  
> public service ..
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> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
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warm regards, Steve
steve.barbour at gmail.com










Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] R surgery by Leica - what da ya think)
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