[Leica] LUG membership

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

And yet old screw-mount lenses are selling for relatively high prices.

See this item at ebay: 290039855648     

http://tinyurl.com/yn4h8b

I'm guessing that it'll be used on a Pentax digital SLR.

Jim


Jeffery Smith wrote:

> That means he is the 2nd 1000th subscriber. The other one happened when the
> numbers were going *down* from 2000.
> 
> I was just considering to myself what Cosina will do next, in light of the
> digital influence you mention here. If you were to prohibit digital talk on
> the LUG these days, I think the membership might drop to 50. It is sad to
> see this happening to 35mm film cameras. If you really want to read the
> handwriting on the wall, go to Adorama and try to buy a decent 35mm SLR. 
> You
> have exactly five choices: Nikon, Canon, Leica, Vivitar, and Phoenix (did I
> say decent? Then we are down to Nikon, Canon, and Leica). No Pentax, no
> Olympus, no Minolta. I tried to buy a 35mm Pentax SLR body a while back. I
> finally had to settle for a used Pentax *ist from KEH.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
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> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
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