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Subject: [Leica] What leica product did you sell only to buy back?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Sat Oct 11 14:30:22 2008

My 20D goes Bye-Bye as soon as the DMR is connected and I can get it sold.  
I do not like the 20D even with R lenses, just not my kind of photo box.  
I'm going to love getting back to using my R8 now that I have a DMR.  Paired 
with my M8, I'll be a happy shooter.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>
>
> I regret selling the Noctilux as well (but not until I had the M8).
> On the M6 it never focused close enough for my working style.
> On the M8 it would be perfect. Oh well.
> 
> The only other piece that I regret to this day
> A mint Linhof Technica V
> (I ended up replacing it with a real user IV - works fine - yet,  
> doesn't have the "gem" factor - which is ok)
> (most others the regret faded over time -
> although the mint 300mm Gold Dot Dagor still hurts a bit)
> 
> Having a really hard time justifying the selling of:
> 8x10 Deardorf
> Hasselblad 500cm kit
> even thought they've seen no use what so ever for years
> they just so perfectly do what they were designed to do
> and I maintain the fantasy of resurrecting the darkroom
> 
> sold the 20D yesterday - bye bye - no regret
> except
> the 10-22 was on it - that feels like I lost something I may yet regret
> 
> Fond regards,
> George
> 
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 9, 2008, at 12:33 PM, John Abela wrote:
> 
> > Nocti (before it went sky high)
> 
> 
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