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Subject: [Leica] So, did the price of DMR's just plummet? If so, I might be tempted to buy another one.
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:58:55 -0700
References: <1867814732.8093801347936681410.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs12> <8C619EF4-7723-4800-91E4-6D63BA719042@archiphoto.com> <CAF8hL-Fn_PbDffRxpG56UDXAoC56eP-f0aHYXfzbwNH2BfQRcQ@mail.gmail.com> <4038FE90-51BE-437B-9E7F-5D704A5F02A8@archiphoto.com>

Ah of course. I am thinking about TS for landscape and architecture, but
product is a whole different category.

Thanks


On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
archiphoto.com>wrote:

> Longer TS lenses are great for product shots and such, and become more
> significant the larger the sensor (or film) gets.
>
> Henning
>
>
>
> On 2012-09-17, at 9:10 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>
> > 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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> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >> Henning Wulff
> >> henningw at archiphoto.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >
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> >
>
>
> Henning Wulff
> henningw at archiphoto.com
>
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com) ([Leica] So, did the price of DMR's just plummet? If so, I might be tempted to buy another one.)
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