Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once found a 75/1.4 for $50 at a pawn shop. Not a bad lens for that price! Chris - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jem Kime" <jem.kime@cwcom.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 6:56 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Jem's Gems > Nice deal! > My IIIf R/D D/A with R/S Elmar at a car-boot sale for 25 GBP was perhaps my > finest hour. > And yes, the not so hot deals are those that become the roundabouts, or the > swings, in compensation... > > Prototype? What prototype? There are no bargains to be found in Cambridge > surely? Certainly not at either of the two classic camera shops there. > > Jem > > NO AARDVARKS > > -----Original Message----- > From: apbbeijing [SMTP:apbbeijing@yahoo.com] > Sent: 23 February 2001 10:46 > > > Adrian, > > Then I shan't tell you where I found my s/h 135/2.8 (M) for GBP130 > either! > > Oh, all right, in the A.P ads section, but I was too late for the black > paint > > M4 at GBP200, sigh... > > Hey Jem - not bad, not bad. My best Leica bargain was a black M2 for USD100 > which I picked up in Saigon when the only foreigners in town were the > Russians (known as 'Americans without dollars'!). This sort of bargain > compensates in a wholly irrational way for the excess funds doled out on > non-bargains dontcha reckon? > > If I told you the prototype was located in a certain well known university > town not beginning with an 'O' would that be giving too much away??? > > > > Adrian > > >