Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It should be relatively inexpensive to get a 0.58x camera. I bought my (once) mint 0.58x TTL in the $1300 range and I do not think prices have changed much. Depending on the condition of your camera, you should be able to realize most of that through its sale. John Collier On 30-Apr-05, at 8:34 AM, Bunting, Roger L (Roger) wrote: > I wish whoever is responsible would wake up :-). I lusted over the > Digilux-2. I loved everything about the camera but the EVF. $2000 for > that quality of EVF was just not going to be for me. I've been waiting > to buy a 28mm f2.0 for a couple of years - it just keeps getting more > expensive - faster than every aspect of the US economy that effects my > income. I'd love to replace my 0.72x with a 0.58x VF. Now everything > is through the customized service at nearly 50% more. $4000 for a body > that is not much more than a platform for great lenses, come on. > > I feel very lucky to have my M6 classic, my 35mm Summicron ASPH and > ancient 50mm Summilux. That's the way it's going to stay. I absolutely > cannot afford to buy any more Leica gear. In comparison dollars, a > 0.58x VF with 28mm f2.8 lens is nearly the equivalent of a D2x with > 17-55mm f2.8. In a rational world there is no question - a picture is > a picture and we have the P&S people to thank for educating the public > that it's ok to make noise and flash light during the making of > pictures. A camera with a motor drive and a big lens is just literally > in the noise. For me, some of the main advantages of the M system are > gone.