Digital Voigtlander

where theres smoke theres fire as they say. A couple of weeks ago I read something about Voigtländer adopting the GRD, changing some specs and marketing it as a digital rangefinder. The story then seemed meaningless as you will read hundreds of similar rumors all over the web every day, but with this message .... the smoke is certainly there ....
 
Hey guys, this Voigtlander aint got nothing to do with the Cosina Voigtlanders that are famous around these parts!

Furthermore they are a stain on the reputation of a glorious heritidge of Brunswick-based camera excellence! - (At least until about 1960!)

Ringfoto! HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME!
 
Nothing new to me.. About a year ago, something similar came up in the Minox forum on pnet. A bit of searching showed the following cameras were identical:

Konica Minolta Dimage E40
BenQ DC E43
Minox DC4211
Premier DC4331
Rollei Prego dp4200
Centon DC4s
Voigtlaender Virtus D4
Maginon Slimline X4

So, it's not only Voigtlaender throwing its good name away.. It's in good company with other brands like Konica/Minolta and Rollei, who where also in the RF game until recently (HexarRF and Rollei 35RF)
 
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