RE: [Leica] Another happy Heliar owner

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Simon - In all seriousness, it definitely looks like what maybe the
photo/optical bargin of all times - to get that kind of perspective,
relative sharpness and color rendering for so comparatively little money
makes it a lens that nobody can afford not to have, rather than one that
only a special few can afford or rationalize. I would never consider a 15
under normal - $6000-10000 - circumstances, figuring that I might only use
it a few times a year. But at the Cosina price? Wow....

B. D.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Simon
> Stevens
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 7:50 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Another happy Heliar owner
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> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:02:13 -0400
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Another happy Heliar owner
> Message-ID: <000f01c00088$d98506a0$690110ac@ccapr.com>
> References:
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> Simon - You were incredibly lucky to be at the Shrine to take that first
>
> shot of the tower falling over!;-)
>
> B. D.
>
> LOL! Well, I never claimed to be especially into architectural
> photography, although this does make me wonder what a Heliar could do to
> the leaning tower of Pisa (straighten it, perhaps?)
>
> I just added one of my guy-in-a-donut-suit shots to the Heliar page
> http://www.camera-craftsman.com which shows the kind of dumb subject I
> more often get paid to take than buildings. Here I think the strange
> perspective helps rather than hinders.
>
> Simon Stevens
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>