Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Mini m
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 10:00:53 -0400
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No hints from your dealer, then?  Sad.  

Dick



On May 27, 2013, at 11:39 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Well I would bet beer against a rebadged Fujifilm camera with an M mount 
> ;-)
> Guessing is fun. Not long until the 11th. I am going to stay out of the web
> groups for a few days from then ;-)
> 
> 
> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> On 28 May 2013 13:32, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Sooooo, Geoff...  anything else you'd care to share with us?   ;-)
>> 
>> Dick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On May 27, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>> 
>>> Nope ;-)
>>> On May 28, 2013 10:03 AM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at aol.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> My guess is that the Leica mini m is simply a rebaged and cosmetically
>>>> altered Fuji x, possibly with an M mount. Leica and Fuji have had a long
>>>> relationship. Remember that the first Leica digitals were Fujis. The
>>>> Digilux was a Fuji MX-700, the Digilux Zoom, a Fuji MX-1700, and the
>> Diglux
>>>> 4.3, a Fuji 4700 Zoom. Back in the film days Leica had a relationship
>> with
>>>> Minolta. The Leica CL was a Minolta product.
>>>> 
>>>> What better, cheaper, and more expedient way to fill a marketing void
>> than
>>>> simply putting your name on someone else's product.
>>>> 
>>>> Larry Z
>>>> 
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Replies: Reply from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)
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Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Leica Mini m)