[OM] Fw: Cossina cranks out a retro-range finder camera, why Olympus

[Samuel Morales]

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From: Samuel Morales <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: Cossina cranks out a retro-range finder camera, why Olympus


>
>Cossina cranks out a retro-range finder camera, why Olympus doesn't take
>advantage of re-introducing some of the older OM cameras and lenses seizes
>to amaze me.
>
>By now many of you have read that Cossina has produced a reproduction
>Voigtlander Bessa-R range finder camera with interchange-able lenses with
>X-sync up to 125th of a second.
>
>The suggested retail price is $1,200.00 but can be found in the $500.00
>range It compares to the Leica CL . It uses an SPD metering cell and
>provides center weighted metering.
>It has a metal focal plane metering system.  Overall received good reviews.
>
>Why Olympus ignores it's strong following of loyal users amazes me, I'll
>give them credit, they did come out with the OM-2000, but come on!, Can
>Olympus executives be that stubborn?  The proof is in the pudding......
>
>Sam Morales.....
>
>




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