I've seen that camera listed by Photo-Arsenal before, and if you click the
'see other items by this seller' button, you'll see they have another one
for sale, despite the auction claiming the one liked from the online
photographer is the only one in existence.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
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On 6/14/08 1:05 PM, "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I found this interesting.
>
> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/06/lil-o
> l-camera.html#comments
>
> Following the link to the auction reveals the near quarter million
> dollar buy-it-now price. I knew the Minolta Leicaflexes were
> overpriced, but jeez, a Himatic 7 M5?
>
> Fortunately less panicky heads prevailed at Leica and gross as the
> production M5 was, it probably saved the company, contrary to most
> assessments. It probably bought them some development time while the
> Minolta version probably would have doomed the company in the same
> quarter it was introduced.
>
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>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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