Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
It depended on the distributors agreement, with a Benz, I don't know... Cotty wrote: On 13/11/04, Peter J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: If you bought one outside the US and brought it in you became Grey market importer and only the legal importer was allowed to import the brand. You wo

Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-14 Thread Cotty
On 13/11/04, Peter J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >If you bought one outside the US and brought it in you became Grey >market importer >and only the legal importer was allowed to import the brand. You >wouldn't want to dilute >the brand value would you? So what if someone was stationed

Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
If you bought one outside the US and brought it in you became Grey market importer and only the legal importer was allowed to import the brand. You wouldn't want to dilute the brand value would you? Cotty wrote: On 13/11/04, Peter J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: They scraped or painte

Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/11/04, Peter J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >They scraped or painted the name off, the same was done to Pentaxs when >Honeywell was distributing >them if you brought an "Asahi" Pentax into the US. You're not kidding are you. Unbelievable. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-13 Thread John Graves
Here you go...I knew I had seen them: http://buyporters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PCS&Product_Code=13-0479&Product_Count=&Category_Code= John Graves lurking

Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
They scraped or painted the name off, the same was done to Pentaxs when Honeywell was distributing them if you brought an "Asahi" Pentax into the US. Cotty wrote: On 13/11/04, Bill Lawlor, discombobulated, unleashed: That can't be any worse than the old Canon FT /55/1.2 I have that was urtterl

Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-13 Thread Peter J. Alling
The plate on top that usually has a couple of leaf springs attached covers up two, (usually), screws. You can just remove the plate and unscrew the shoe. No need for the grinder. Bill Lawlor wrote: Thanks to all who shared opinions about hot shoes. I own more than 20 cameras but have never pur

Re: Horrid hot shoes

2004-11-13 Thread Cotty
On 13/11/04, Bill Lawlor, discombobulated, unleashed: >That can't be any worse than the old >Canon FT /55/1.2 I have that was urtterly mutilated by U.S. Customs >guardians of "intellectual property rights". Bill, what happened to it? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,