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- From: b1hg0jv@kato.BELL-ATL.COM (Benash)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Is there a new Minolta Camera?
- Message-ID: <C1H3zp.6ME@kato.BELL-ATL.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:14:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.112036.4276@ira.uka.de> <1993Jan26.115215.22931@spider.co.uk>
- Organization: Bell Atlantic
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- In article <1993Jan26.115215.22931@spider.co.uk> mikec@spider.co.uk (Mike Coren) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan24.112036.4276@ira.uka.de> danisch@ira.uka.de writes:
- >>Hi,
- >>
- >>here in germany the price for the Minolta
- >>Dynax/Maxxum 9xi was constant DM 1995,- for long time.
- >>Now it is going down fast, i have seen DM 1600,- and
- >>DM 1400,- .
- >>
- >>Could this be an early sign for a new Minolta (higher
- >>than 9xi) ?
- >>
- >>
- >>Hadmut
- >
- >I don't know about a new high end, but I've heard that in Japan you can buy
- >Minolta Dynaxes with a special "panoramic" option that lets you take panoramic
- >pictures. I suspect it's like the disposables, where you only get a narrow
- >exposure in a standard 35mm frame. In any event, last I heard they weren't
- >being sold outside of Japan, but I suppose it's up to the individual distrib-
- >utors whether they feel it's worthwhile to import or not.
- >
- >Mike
- >
- >--
- >Michael D. Coren, Electrical Engineer mikec@spider.co.uk
- >Telecommunications Techniques Corporation, Germantown, Maryland, USA.
- >Temporarily at Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
-
- Are you sure this isn't just an xi/Dynax packaged with the panoramic adapter
- availble in the States as well? Or is it really an additonal model in the
- lineup?
-
- Ray
- b1hg0jv@kato.bell-atl.com
-