Mamiya withdrawing from camera business!

Parchiao · 22nd April 2006

Another one bites the dust.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...21%2f3690.html

kcuf2 · 22nd April 2006

the english is horrendous... does the article mean mamiya is sold to a "cosmopolitan imaging xx" ?? i dun understand at all..

Parchiao · 22nd April 2006

Of course it is horrendous, it's been translated via babelfish, can't expect much from automatic translations.

kcuf2 · 22nd April 2006

hahah icic...i thought the whole article was written by someone who dunno grammar structure!! haha.. okok i get it now.. auto translation.. then i nothing to say liao.. ( i dunno wat is babelfish

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OlyFlyer · 22nd April 2006

Isn't it better to visit http://www.mamiya.com/ and maybe post a question to their info desk than to try to read something unreadable?

ortega · 22nd April 2006

that is sad, another one bites the dust

yyD70S · 22nd April 2006

pai · 22nd April 2006

http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1145628753.html

ricohflex · 22nd April 2006

many thanks to Pai and others for tipping us off.

no wonder I saw so many Mamiyas and lenses put out on Peninsula 2nd hand shops today.
There were SO MANY that it was strange.

yeah man, suddenly 2nd hand Mamiyas appearing ALL OVER the shop.
As if the owners knew well beforehand and are dumping as fast as they can.

dunno what cathay will do with their agent stocks of mamiya.

will it be a fire sale, at 1/10 price for brand new goods?

so how can 2nd hand mamiyas sell?

And yet the 2nd hand sellers wanted very high prices for them. silly.
saw one in TCW and the consignment seller wanted about same price as you can get from cathay brand new.

mind you that was before this announcement.
after this, cathay may sell brand new way below the price of the consignment RB in TCW.

the RB is OK as a camera. it is just a victim of the times.

22nd April 2006	#1
Parchiao Deregistered Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,937	Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! Another one bites the dust. http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...21%2f3690.html

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kcuf2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: KFC Posts: 1,621	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! the english is horrendous... does the article mean mamiya is sold to a "cosmopolitan imaging xx" ?? i dun understand at all.. __________________ 09 Oct 09 officially marks the date I become a canon convert.

22nd April 2006	#3
Parchiao Deregistered Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,937	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! Of course it is horrendous, it's been translated via babelfish, can't expect much from automatic translations.

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kcuf2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: KFC Posts: 1,621	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! hahah icic...i thought the whole article was written by someone who dunno grammar structure!! haha.. okok i get it now.. auto translation.. then i nothing to say liao.. ( i dunno wat is babelfish ) __________________ 09 Oct 09 officially marks the date I become a canon convert.

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OlyFlyer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Europe, Sweden, outside Lund Posts: 2,038	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! Isn't it better to visit http://www.mamiya.com/ and maybe post a question to their info desk than to try to read something unreadable?

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ortega Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NorthEast Posts: 16,507	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! that is sad, another one bites the dust __________________ The Law

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yyD70S Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,058	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! __________________ AI 16mm f3.5 \| AiS 35mm f1.4 \| AiS 50mm f1.2 \| AI 105mm f2.5

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pai Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lala Land Posts: 1,664	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1145628753.html __________________ Black lens, white Lens, can take picture is a Good lens

22nd April 2006	#9
ricohflex Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: sing Posts: 1,537	Re: Mamiya withdrawing from camera business! many thanks to Pai and others for tipping us off. no wonder I saw so many Mamiyas and lenses put out on Peninsula 2nd hand shops today. There were SO MANY that it was strange. yeah man, suddenly 2nd hand Mamiyas appearing ALL OVER the shop. As if the owners knew well beforehand and are dumping as fast as they can. dunno what cathay will do with their agent stocks of mamiya. will it be a fire sale, at 1/10 price for brand new goods? so how can 2nd hand mamiyas sell? And yet the 2nd hand sellers wanted very high prices for them. silly. saw one in TCW and the consignment seller wanted about same price as you can get from cathay brand new. mind you that was before this announcement. after this, cathay may sell brand new way below the price of the consignment RB in TCW. the RB is OK as a camera. it is just a victim of the times. Last edited by ricohflex; 22nd April 2006 at 07:36 PM.