Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I want to get one of those Communist Commemorative set just because the it drips with irony. My grandfather died because he was a landowner :-( The Dragon one, which I think our esteemed Dr. Yao has a hand in creating, is quite nice. If only they have laser etched calligraphy and a proper dragon. Hmm... I bet there soon will be the 12 Zodiac issues. That should appeal to all 1 billion Chinese :-) On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:50 AM, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com>wrote: > I have twice bought "special edition" cameras to use. > The first was the share certificate one, I forget the name they used, > which was basically and M6 with a 35mm f1.4 Asph lens. When the novelty > wore off I got one for less than the cost of body and lens separately. > The second was the green M8.2. I have a weakness for green, whether > clothes, cars, binoculars or cameras! The green M8.2 has a 28mm f2.8 asph > lens and a rather splendid Billingham bag at not much more than the price > of the individual items and, because of my green weakness, worth every > penny of the difference to me. > I also bought one of the Jaguar 50th anniversary cameras, partly because > the covering and engraving are green... Partly since they only made 50, > which makes it one of the rarest Leicas ever. Maybe it will contribute to > my pension as I get older and inflation takes its toll. But maybe not. > Frank > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >Sent: Monday, 5 December 2011, 9:16 > >Subject: Re: [Leica] First Century commemorative Leica - 2013 > > > >As Jayanand says, none of the people who will buy one would know the > difference. > > > >On 4 Dec, 2011, at 23:03 , Vick Ko wrote: > > > >> Ha ha, maybe the Century Leica will be a attrappe camera. > >> > >> Vick > >> > >> On 12/4/2011 9:55 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >>> Film or digital should not matter, because the one thing that we can > be certain about such commemormative offerings frmom Leicais that it is not > going to be priced to facilitate, God forbid, actually using the camera! > (-: > >>> Cheers > >>> Jayanand > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > >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 > >Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > >Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>