Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That might be relevant, Henry, if there were more than 700 of us in the entire world...;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Henry Ting Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:20 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps-The Last Word Whew !!!! I roughly counted this "Leica Lens Cap" thread generated close to 30 responses ... and we still worry about the demise of Leica ? - --- Jeffrey Fass <happy.eyeball@verizon.net> wrote: > Actaully, his caps are very good. He made me a pair > for my 12" Ektar. Just > right. > > JDF > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps-The Last Word > > > > http://www.skgrimes.com/caps/index.htm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:16 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps > > > > > > > Is it true that Leica will begin January 1, 2003 > engraving serial > numbers > > in > > > lens caps? > > > > > > Roland Smith > > > Oakland, California > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 8:55 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps > > > > > > > > > > Don Dory asked: > > > > > Wasn't it Ted just a few days ago advising > us to quote an outrageous > > > price > > > > > for photographing an event and then not > blinking? So what is wrong > > with > > > > > Leica doing the same?<<< > > > > > > > > Actually I don't have a problem with the cost > of the caps, shades and > > > other > > > > ancillary bits and pieces.... I don't buy them > and that solves the > price > > > > whine factor! ;-) > > > > > > > > It appears there have been a number of options > offered for other > > > suppliers, > > > > so what's the problem? If enough people > weren't stupid enough to pay > the > > > > Leica prices for the bits and pieces, do you > not think the prices > would > > > come > > > > down to a common sense level? > > > > > > > > What happens is, too many people stay all > hully gully twitch assed > about > > > > having the perfect leica look and will put out > for the outrages > prices. > > > > Rather than what I did when I found out the > lens shade for the 35 1.4 > > > > Summilux was $90. bucks plus. I just screwed > off the front portion and > > > threw > > > > it away as it was the only part kind of banged > up. How about 20 years > > plus > > > > ago and the original back half of the shade is > still on the lens and > > > appears > > > > to work fine. > > > > > > > > And how about the Noctilux where the two > little pins that held the > lens > > > > shade in place finally fell out.... 30 years > ago? and there hasn't > been > > a > > > > lens shade on the Noctilux since. Hell it was > going to cost some > > > > astronomical price to replace the pins alone > and I'd still have a kind > > of > > > > screwed-up lens shade that would eventually > break off the pins again. > > > > > > > > Do my pictures look any worse for the wear? > Nope! Have I endangered > the > > > > lens because I've not had a lens shade? Sure > maybe, sometimes, but as > > long > > > > as I didn't think or worry about it, it didn't > matter! > > > > > > > > See how easy life is when you don't get > wrapped up in all this lens > > shade > > > > and caps crap. Forget it or use something > else. > > > > I mean if you're desperate, use plastic Saran > wrap when you put the > lens > > > in > > > > your bag.! Cheap and disposable! > > > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html