Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/01

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Suggestions for lens purchases?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Oct 1 19:21:01 2007

Frank,

The 28 is the new Elmarit Asph, it is coded from the factory.  Don't have 
any other codable WA's so am looking for suggestions of good candidates.  
The 50 or faster seem a waste of the certificates as the codeing seems more 
sensible on the WA's not the 50 or longer, since the only advantage is lens 
id, but on WA's you do get some imaging help in the edges (Cyan Shift from 
the filters).

Gene

-------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" 
<red735i@earthlink.net>: -------------- 


> Confusion... is your 28/2.8 ASPH coded or not? If not, that is lens #1. No 
> questions asked. 
> 
> Code any 21 or 24mm lens you own. 
> Code a 50/1.4, or an F2... 
> Code a 75 1.4 or 90AA 
> 
> Basically, wides first, fast lenses second. Slow teles last. 
> 
> If nothing else, the coding makes the lens worth more if and when you sell 
> it and if at that time Leica is still in business making digital M's...... 
> 
> Frank Filippone 
> red735i@earthlink.net 
> 
> I received my Passport Warranty card for my new 28/2.8 Asph lens today and 
> along with it were 2 certificates for free coding for 2 lenses. 
> Unfortunately the only 2 lenses I currently have that can be coded are my 
> 50 
> Summicron and a 90 Tele-Elmarit. Both not really needing the coding. Can't 
> afford a new WA so I need suggestions for used WA's. My current WA 
> compliment is a 35 pre-Asph Summilux (Not codeable) and the 28/2.8 Asph I 
> recently bought. 
> Thanks, 
> Gene 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________ 
> Leica Users Group. 
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information 

Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Suggestions for lens purchases?)