Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Have fun you guys with your fake Color-Skopars. (My first lens was a real one) >who'd EVER want to ever spend $2000 on a lens? Not ME! But i do anyway! >In my 20's and 30's I'd save for half a year for a new Nikon lens. >Now the anti is up and I'm in my 40's and 50's and i save up for half a >year for >a new Leica lens. >The point is the quality of my images have gone up as my hair falls out and my >waistline expands. >I could be trading fake Skopars back and forth like trading cards but >what's the point? >I say >SAVE UP THE MONEY and get Leica quality. >IMO the GLASS is more important than the camera. >IT'S THE GLASS THAT COUNTS. >That's what Leica is all about. >Cheap glass is everywhere. Leave it off your Leica. > >Mark Rabiner Hey Mark, I *do* have the Leica glass - the Cosina 25 I just sold was used on my IIIf. I have - and use - the Leica 24 on the M6. Q: Why have two lenses in more or less the same focal length? A: The 24 Elmarit ASPH is too goddam big for a IIIf! Q: Why buy the Cosina 21 when the Leica 21 is available? A: The 21 Elmarit ASPH is too goddam big for a IIIf! Q: Why not just buy the Leica 21 and use it on the M6? A: The 24 Elmarit ASPH won't let me! Guy