Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike Johnston wrote: > > P.S. For those who will point out that this is a Leica list and I should > be talking about Leica cameras, etc., I will: Aria + 85/1.4 = approx. > $1,500; R8 + 80/1.4 = approx. $5,200, making the Aria/85mm combo a > viable budget alternative for someobody looking for a portrait lens. Eh!? Wouldn't the RTS III + 85/1.4 be a more fair comparison? The Aria is a "cheap", plastic, low-end (although very capable) camera, while the R8 is the top-of-the-line, bolt-onto-a-400/2.8-APO kick-ass macho real Man's camera, real-soon-now-to-have-a-motor-drive-too. Still, with all that said and done, the RTS III + 85/1.4 is still only $3120 at B&H, leaving you with just over two grand with which to buy 673 rolls of US made Kodak Tri-X. Should you want to take a picture, or two, I mean ;) M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | What boots up must come down. email: howard.390@osu.edu | www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------