Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I paid less, but then again, I bought about 5 years ago for my M6. I looked up the HK version.. $55 ( but the same guy will sell you one for $80 too.,, Your choice) .... Price at Leica of $300 is still 5x++ The Leica 1.25 provides a good view, but not full field... you are looking through what is essentially a telescope.... you get the central view. It also darkens the overall VF image by what I thought was 1-2 stops.....you would expect the same from the HK version... it is optics.... I got stuck with my .8 version,, do not buy it. I suspect the HK 1.25 is probably pretty good......and for almost $300 less, you have $300 less to lose if you do not like it...... Frank Filippone red735i at earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:34 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 improvements On Oct 30, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > $40-60 vs $200+++..... Say 1:3 to be safe.... just looking, I only found leica new for over $300, minimum... I wonder about visual sharpness, brightness, can you see the whole field? anyone know? thanks, Steve > > I have a HK version of the .8 (?) version. Build quality is quite > high... > the problem is that the .8 does not work. You can not get a bigger > field of > view.... > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > > I wonder if you can give us the costs of the two, > > approximately is just fine, > > > :-) > > Steve > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information