Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah Ha! So you're the one. ;-). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, 03 December, 2008 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years... >I bought a 75 from the same dealer. It arrived today after eight days of > travel. Part of that was over the holiday and weekend. I've ordered a > lens > hood from one of the HK dealers. I use them on my Pentax lenses, and for > $15 bucks they do the same job as the Leica ones. My IR cut filter is > coming from Popflash. Amazing world we live in, huh? > > > Sonny > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> ...is a new 35mm Summarit, just arrived yesterday from Australia. The >> lens >> feels very good, every bit as solid as the Summicrons etc. Now I am just >> missing one tiny bit of kit to be able to actually take pictures with it >> ;-) >> >> One peeve, however, is that the lens hood is not built in nor included >> with >> the lens--you have to buy it separately. I think it is a bit cheesy, not >> so >> much because of the money, but because of the hassle of having to hunt >> around for it on the web. I live in the Third World as far as Leica is >> concerned: the nearest Leica dealer is in Valencia, 180 km away, and the >> nearest good dealers are in Barcelona (550 km) or Madrid (430 km). Even >> then, I am not sure if they would have that particular item in stock, so >> I >> just ordered it from B&H. But in the end I would rather pay a bit more >> for >> the lens and have the hood included. >> >> Well, I guess I should not complain too much, given that I paid $1414 for >> the lens--but those were Australian dollars :-) >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >