Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram Langhans wrote: > >But the good news is that you would break even?? No out of pocket??? And >have new(er) equipment.... > > >>I recently calculated that if I sold all of my R equipment including both >>the 280mm f/4 APO and the recent, hard-earned backup 280mm f/4 APO I could >>afford a well-used S2, an adapter for Contax 645 lenses, a Zeiss 350mm >>Tele-Apotessar, extension tubes and a 1.4x Mutar. It would do for 99% of >>my >>photos. The other 1% would be covered by a Zeiss Contax 645 120mm >>APO-Makro-Planar. I have to stop calculating such stuff. > Yup, no out-of-pocket, Zeiss Contax 645 lenses are dirt cheap compared with S lenses. I'd have no backup equipment, and since it means selling the 280mm f/4 APO it ain't gonna happen. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com