Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you sleep a little more in the night, you would see it!(-: Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 17-May-2013, at 3:44 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > For those who are " thinking about my order for the M240 vs. the X series." > Kind of sounds like one is in the middle of really financing a seven grand > full frame M but then somehow looking over at the $1400 1.5 crop Fuji in > the > same breath? > Here's what I came up with: > $7000 - $1400 = $5600.00 savings > And also: > $7000/$1400 = 5.0 > > So if you last minute having saved seven grand for the M but then get the > X > instead you have $5600 burning a hole in your back pocket that can buy you > exactly four more X's. > That's quite a discrepancy of dreams! > ... Or an extra lens and a trip around the world. > > Its like "oh boy I get to finally buy that Rolls Royce now but maybe that > Honda Civic will also get me there?" > Or as we say in the US of A: apples and oranges. > Or lets say you saved up to get a Harley motorcycle but then got a tuna > fish > sandwich instead? Lots of left over here too for extras: > Tomatoes > Cheese. > Lettuce. > Pickles > Rye bread. > > I'm afraid I'm just not seeing the overlap between M dreams and X dreams. > To me they just don't belong in the same rapid eye movement cycle. > At very least there's a full tuna on rye separating them. > > > On 5/16/13 9:51 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote: > >> If we are talking about the Fuji X series, the 35mm 1.4 is an excellent >> lens. Pretty close focusing and very closely integrated with the "brains" >> of the XPro to be very low vignette and really pretty flat field. Results >> at 1600 were very good noise wise. Just my two cents thinking about my >> order for the M240 vs the X series. >> >> >> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at >> summaventures.com>wrote: >> >>> Voigt 40/1.4 at $449? I think you've said that you have the M-adapter. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On 16/05/2013 19:27, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>>> My guess is that they wanted to sell enough X100and now X100s before >>> releasing the lens on its own. >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> >>>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:46 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On May 16, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >>>>> gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Well, I have that, and that is what I generally use, but a fast 35mm >>> would be perfect for the streets! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> patience, coming soon from several sources >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Jayanand >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>> >>>>>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:27 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> There's the Fujinon 18 - 55 zoom. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Peter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 15/05/2013 11:09, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>>>>>>> Way too expensive compared to Fuji's excellent offerings. They >>>>>>>> cannot >>>>>>>> be worth that much of a premium. In fact I just ordered the Fuji >>> 14mm, >>>>>>>> after seeing the disparity in price with the Zeiss. I am paying the >>>>>>>> equivalent of US$750 for the 14mm. Now, if they had the sense to >>>>>>>> release a 23mm - the gaping hole in Fuji's line up - it might have >>>>>>>> been different, I would have been sorely tempted. >>>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>>> Jayanand >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at >>>>>>>> me.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> Just seen these lovely lenses from Zeiss. Bit pricey but should be >>> superb! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Carl_Zeiss_Touit_12mm_f2-8/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Gerry >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Gerry Walden >>>>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>>>>>>> www.gwpics.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> =========================================================== >>>>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> =========================================================== >>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information