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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu May 11 08:26:31 2006

I think Daniel was responding to my claim of having all 50's there are, not 
that the 50/2 Heliar is the best.
--
Jeffery

---- Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote: 
> On May 11, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Mark Langer wrote:
> 
> > How can people say that this lens is the best when it isn't even  
> > available
> > yet?
> 
> 
> easy Mark... the same way they can compare two lenses that they have  
> never used, and with absolute authority select the best...
> 
> :-)
> 
> Steve
> 
> >
> > Enquiring minds want to know.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Daniel, I put a down payment of $100 on that new Heliar two months  
> >> ago.
> >> I'm hoping that my serial number will be 0000003.
> >> --
> >> Jeffery
> >>
> >> ---- Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> >> > > Now, this  isn't a "What should I buy?" question because I  
> >> have nearly
> >> all
> >> > > of them already.
> >> >
> >> > Ahem ...
> >> > http://www.cameraquest.com/inventor.htm
> >> >
> >> > scroll down to the 50/2.0 Heliar. You're going to need that one  
> >> and you
> >> know it.
> >> >
> >> > > I have a pretty good idea of what most folks would say, but  
> >> wondered
> >> if I am
> >> > > right. If the Department of Homeland Security dictated that a
> >> photographer
> >> > > could have only one lens, a 50 (so you couldn't take pictures of
> >> places you
> >> > > planned to attack), what would it be? Oh, and it has to be Leica.
> >> >
> >> > Since it would be very difficult and time consuming to really  
> >> take all
> >> > of the variables into consideration and give them correct  
> >> answers ...
> >> > I'd get boring on you and opt out with ...
> >> >
> >> > Summicron
> >> >
> >> > You really can't go wrong with a Summicron. I'd never have to look
> >> > back and wonder if I made the right choice.
> >> >
> >> > Daniel
> >> >
> >> >
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