Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's a good shop in Kant strasse - I think it's near Savignyplatz station, walking up Kant strasse towards Central Berlin and Zoo station. Near our hotel - the Kant Hotel. Apologies for extremely vague directions - LUGers must be getting used to this from me now. From what I could tell, a very decent and honest proprietor. He took the time to explain how to spot a fake Leica to me, demonstrating a fake he had against the genuine item. He very nearly sold me a Nikkor 85mm lens, 2.0. A converted lens from pre-AI days. He assured me it was brilliant. The lens was beautifully smooth. I sighted it on my FE and so lost myself that I took a shot with it in the shop, forgetting it was my camera with film it. I didn't buy it, thinking $A600 and (given I was returning to Australia) no effective warranty. Better to get it at home. When I developed the film, the single shot I took with the lens leapt off the proof. It was so much sharper than the surrounding shots (with good lens, I should add), without a loupe. Kicking myself ever since. Gareth Jolly - -----Original Message----- From: Simon Pulman-Jones <spulmanjones@lbs.ac.uk> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Monday, May 10, 1999 8:38 Subject: [Leica] Help - Leica in Berlin? >Can anybody give me advice about good sources for used Leica in Berlin? I'm >making a brief visit to Berlin this week and would like to see how shopping >in the Leica homeland compares with Britain. > >Thanks, > >Simon Pulman-Jones, >London. >