Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do "love" the lens. It is one of the best (if not THE best) variable focal length lenses on the market. It's better than 99% of the fixed focal length lenses as well. The reason I am selling it is that I have only used it three or four times, and it is simply too much money sitting idle. For the kind of photography I do, I end up using 6x6 or 4x5 for static subjects because I need the image size. I have been making a lot of 30x40 Ciba's prints and recently some 48x60 LightJets. So the size of the original is real important. To make a 48x60 LightJet print, the scan has to be 252MB. That's a lot of pixels. And you need a large transparency. The bottom line is that I wanted a Hasselblad Flex body and some 220 backs. And the 70-180 is just sitting here. Jim At 10:12 AM 8/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >Jim, > >Quick question. Why are you selling the Vario Apo-Elmarit-R 2,8/70-180? I thought from previous posts that you >loved that lens. Is it the ROM version? > >Thanks, > >Paul > >> >> Vario-Apo-Elmarit-R 1:2,8/70-180, Like new. Absolutely 100% perfect in >> every way. All boxes, papers, cards, $3500. >> >> I pay shipping in US, 10 day MBG. >> >> Jim >