whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
Don't know if this was posted before. Any word on price yet???............. Stephen?
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20080929/1019183/?P=2
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20080929/1019183/?P=2
No price info yet. Keep in mind the Yen has gotten MUCH MUCH stronger against the US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, and Australian Dollar (and other currencies as well) the last few months. Who knows what the currency exchange rates will be in March?
Stephen
vdonovan
Vince Donovan
Lucky for you all, I speak fluent Japanese. I've taken the trouble to translate the conversation in the first video:
Interviewer: Now, sir, now this is a beautiful camera, but can you tell me if the rumors are true?
Cosina representative: Yes, the rumors are entirely true. We have no intention of ever manufacturing or marketing a camera like this. Don't you know? Film is dead!
Interviewer: But why make such a detailed prototype? I can even open the door and extend the lens.
C.R.: This prototype, as you call it, is just wood and styrofoam model painted black. My nephew put it together for a project at school concerning obsolete technology. I saw it and thought, hey, let's bring it to Photokina and drive those Rangefinder Forum kooks absolutely crazy!
Interviewer: That's brilliant! What a fun idea. Did they fall for it?
C.R.: Are you kidding? They lit up the board for weeks talking about nothing else! They argued about the lens, about the film plane, about the price. My colleagues and I would log in every day to read what was written and sh&t ourselves laughing.
Interviewer: It's amazing that a little bit of wood and styrofoam would cause such a ruckus.
C.R.: I know. But I tell you, they are absolutely crazy on Rangefinder Forum.
Inteviewer: Do you have plans for more humorous antics?
C.R.: Now I am going to circulate a rumor, from a very high source, that Kodak's Tri-X film will be discontinued in 35mm and 120 and from now on will be available only in Advantix and 110 formats.
Interviewer: What fun that will be. Thank you so much for talking to me.
C.R.: It was my pleasure.
Interviewer: Now, sir, now this is a beautiful camera, but can you tell me if the rumors are true?
Cosina representative: Yes, the rumors are entirely true. We have no intention of ever manufacturing or marketing a camera like this. Don't you know? Film is dead!
Interviewer: But why make such a detailed prototype? I can even open the door and extend the lens.
C.R.: This prototype, as you call it, is just wood and styrofoam model painted black. My nephew put it together for a project at school concerning obsolete technology. I saw it and thought, hey, let's bring it to Photokina and drive those Rangefinder Forum kooks absolutely crazy!
Interviewer: That's brilliant! What a fun idea. Did they fall for it?
C.R.: Are you kidding? They lit up the board for weeks talking about nothing else! They argued about the lens, about the film plane, about the price. My colleagues and I would log in every day to read what was written and sh&t ourselves laughing.
Interviewer: It's amazing that a little bit of wood and styrofoam would cause such a ruckus.
C.R.: I know. But I tell you, they are absolutely crazy on Rangefinder Forum.
Inteviewer: Do you have plans for more humorous antics?
C.R.: Now I am going to circulate a rumor, from a very high source, that Kodak's Tri-X film will be discontinued in 35mm and 120 and from now on will be available only in Advantix and 110 formats.
Interviewer: What fun that will be. Thank you so much for talking to me.
C.R.: It was my pleasure.
bmattock
Veteran
Now that's funny!
whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
Thanks for translating. I was wondering what was being said!
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
That's the most entertaining post I've seen here for a while! 
noimmunity
scratch my niche
Hilarious!
On a more serious note, there was a video from photokina with a representative from Cosina (or was it Fuji?) showing how the camera worked who mentioned an MSRP of 300,000 yen. Which would probably mean a street price around 220,000 yen -- well over US$2200 at the current exchange rate.
Hopefully the March release date will give Cosina/Fuji (or the currency exchange markets) time to reconsider.
On a more serious note, there was a video from photokina with a representative from Cosina (or was it Fuji?) showing how the camera worked who mentioned an MSRP of 300,000 yen. Which would probably mean a street price around 220,000 yen -- well over US$2200 at the current exchange rate.
Hopefully the March release date will give Cosina/Fuji (or the currency exchange markets) time to reconsider.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Or $3600.00 AUD if you're lucky enough to live in OZ.
Fat chance of moving many here at that price!
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ARCHIVIST
Well-known
Pricing - Voigtlander Bessa Iii
Pricing - Voigtlander Bessa Iii
I contacted the Australian agent for the Voigtlander Bessa III several weeks before the world financial problems hit.
The expected price then was around AUD$1300 but now they are up in the air about pricing due to the currency fluctuations.
Regards
Peter
PS Sorry about the goof-up with the 'III' in the title.
Pricing - Voigtlander Bessa Iii
I contacted the Australian agent for the Voigtlander Bessa III several weeks before the world financial problems hit.
The expected price then was around AUD$1300 but now they are up in the air about pricing due to the currency fluctuations.
Regards
Peter
PS Sorry about the goof-up with the 'III' in the title.
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