Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like Leica being Leica. I have only "classic" (i.e., '60s, now really inexpensive) lenses, but I like the idea of a company that builds the best "normal" lens ever, at an impossibly high cost, or the 90mm macro. I don't know that they have a future (I have been hearing predictions regarding Leica's demise for decades), but I certainly hope they will stick around. I have promised myself I will get one of the new lenses as a reward when I take a truly satisfying picture with my current equipment. I am nowhere near that, but it is nice to look forward to one of those... Juan On May 27, 2004, at 3:56 PM, Dan Cardish wrote: > There was a time when I jumped at the chance to buy a new Leica lens. > I > bought the 35/1.4 asphereic even though I had a perfectly good 35/1.4, > and > I bought the 90 APO even though I had a perfectly good 90/2.8. And > there > was a time that, even though I have two perfectly good 50s (a 50 DR > and an > older 50 Summilux) when I would do cartwheels in my attempt to get the > first sample of the new 50 to reach my local dealer. > > But now I'm not the slightest bit tempted. Probably because of the > emergence of digital. > > Just my own thoughts. > > dan c. > > ps....welcome back Emanuel! Are there going to be any "Leica Days" at > Camdec this summer? > > At 03:20 PM 27-05-04 -0400, Emanuel Lowi wrote: >> I agree that its price (lots) and the timing of its >> release (now) are difficulties. My own path towards >> justifying and affording one remains unclear. >> > [snip] > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information