Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was Brad Pitt. And some one stole it. But it he got it back. His photo work though is serious and pretty impressive. On 9/17/13 7:11 PM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Whew! I thought you might be considering it. Nothing could replace your > 280 f/4!!! You deserve a Leica S and if karma really worked you would have > one instead of Prince or whoever Leica's latest celebrity is. > > Tina > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Doug Herr > <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/