Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Grab it, Frank! ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 2:00 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Cosina 15 vs 12 Frank I have a brand new one, (21mm Elmarit) available for $1Kilobuck. Jerry Frank Farmer wrote: > Don, > > Thanks for the tip. I loved my 21 elmarit but had to sell it. Now > I'm looking to replace it with another wide lens and to be honest, the > +/- $300 for the 15 looks a whole lot better right now than +/- $2,000 > for another 21. I love the wide look. Just watching the pennies. > > Frank > > -------Original Message------- > From: Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> > Sent: 05/01/03 05:19 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cosina 15 vs 12 > > > > > Frank, > The 15 is a specialty lens that many people find very difficult to > use. The 12 is an extremely specialized lens that you need to already > know what you want to do with it before you use it. If you have not > used a 20-21 very much and are somewhat uncomfortable with that > coverage, then using a 12 will > be really eye opening. The world looks really small and far away. Small > closets look like Imelda Marcos stored her shoes there, the local little > theatre looks like Lincoln Center. You get the point. > > If you want to get your creative juices going, try to rent the 12 for > a week. See what happens. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see <a target=_blank > href="http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html">http://meja > c.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html</a> > > > -- > 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