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Subject: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens?
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 02:07:40 -0400
References: <CB9E96BF.1C77D%mark@rabinergroup.com> <D6AAD245-B33C-4EDE-91CD-24E835617A3D@frozenlight.eu>

Bwahahahahahaha!

Phil Forrest


On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 07:52:24 +0200
Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> It cannot possibly be "sharp as a tack" since it is cheap and not a
> Leica.
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 2, 2012, at 5:35 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
> > I also walked out of a photo store with a used 500 4.5 Nikkor not
> > the most current version and dirt cheap and it is sharp as a tack.
> > I have an OK 70-300 zoom and it is not as good nor has a tripod
> > collar. So I try to use the 300 if I can. Its built like a steel
> > tank. I love the tripod collar.
> > 
> > Here's the moon at a 15th of a second during a full eclipse which
> > it was fully eclipsed. It was very dark red. Darker than it looks
> > here. I think at a 15th of a second the moon is moving but I though
> > it was a viable image.
> > 
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/Autumndays/101221_034520.jpg.html
> > 
> > 
> > - - from my iRabs.
> > Mark Rabiner
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
> > 
> > 
> >> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 18:14:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens?
> >> 
> >> Dr. Ted Grant wrote:
> >> 
> >>> DID YOU EVER JUST WALK IN YOUR FAVOURITE CAMEARA STORE AND SAY?
> >>> 
> >>> "I need a 35mm  or 50 mm lens for my Leica M whatever and out the
> >>> door in to assignmnet action with nary a concern other   when are
> >>> you going to pay for this?
> >> 
> >> Yup (a Nikon 300mm f/4.5) and I got lucky.  I didn't know it at
> >> the time but the previous model, a really poor lens, had been
> >> upgraded to 'adequate'.
> >> 
> >> Doug Herr
> >> Birdman of Sacramento
> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Buying a Leica lens?)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Buying a Leica lens?)