[Leica] So, did the price of DMR's just plummet? If so, I might be tempted to buy another one.

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Isn't 120 TS similar to 90mm on the 35mm? I thought the most useful TS are
on the short end (for architecture)?

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
archiphoto.com>wrote:

> No 'new' lenses, just some announcements on formerly announced lenses, and
> a rebadged Schneider TS.
>
> The S upgrade seems to be mainly upgraded processing power.
>
> Henning
>
>
> On 2012-09-17, at 7:51 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>
> > Yes on the new S, but they are not giving many details, as to what is
> changed.  A couple of new lenses though which is good news.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gene
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17:56 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] So, did the price of DMR's just plummet? If so, I
> might be tempted to buy another one.
> >
> > Locally at least some dealers have been instructed to buy used R lenses
> > again for the last few weeks. I think you missed the boat on cheap R
> lenses
> > some time back anyway (with the Canon option)
> > Probably you wouldn't buy one just to use a couple of short R lenses,
> > Vick???
> > But what about those folks with a cupboard full of the magnificent long
> > APO Summicron Rs etc?'
> > My initial impression is that M shooters with a lot of M lenses and still
> > some of the top line R ones might find this attractive? I bet that Leica
> > sells all of the M's they can make but only a handful of the R stuff for
> > them though.
> > Starting from scratch it wouldn't make sense to buy into this system. The
> > full frame Nikons (or Canon I guess?) with dedicated AF lenses make more
> > sense for most folks... but then Leica enthusiasts aren't most folks ;-)
> > Interesting that all but one R lens owner I know so far is not overly
> > impressed.
> >
> > Back in 2009 when I was in Germany, Stefan Daniel said there would be no
> > R10 or conventional dSLR from them but there would be a means to use R
> > lenses, Still true.
> >
> > Anyone else notice the new S as well????
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Geoff
> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
> >
> >
> > On 18 September 2012 10:34, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> So, did the price of DMR's just plummet?  If so, I might be tempted to
> buy
> >> another one.
> >>
> >> And, the price of R lenses that overlap the M range, did they just
> plummet
> >> too?
> >>
> >> ergo, why would you want the 80/1.4 when the 75/1.4 can now be focused
> >> accurately with Live View, and compensated for any focus shift?
> >>
> >> ....idle thoughts when I should be doing homework....
> >>
> >> Vick
> >>
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