Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why bother being married at all? Jim GREG LORENZO wrote: > Ted Grant writes in part: > >>This past weekend I was in Vancouver and Tom handed me his RD 1 with the >>50mm lens and it felt well balanced, the lens was as smooth as silk and >>cut >>a quite different... better looking image on the digital RD1 than anything >>else I've seen. >> >>Although not F. 1.0, I was tempted for a moment to consider buying >>one. However, within eye sight of she who must be obeyed I >>remained silent and dismissed the purchasing thoughts quicker than I'd >>considered >>them. > > > Hi Ted, > > The problem was not so much being with-in sight of Irene as the fact that > she could actually hear us! Women seem to have better ears than young bats! > > Perhaps we need to develop our own secret code when discussing pricing in > front of any of our significant others. We could for example reverse the > price of the new Summilux from $2,500 to 0052$. A new MP would be 0062$, > etc. This of course works best with the higher priced stuff as a 1.25 mag. > would be 571$ instead of $175. > > Regards, > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >