Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/15

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: 74/f1.4 vs. 90/f2.8 Elmarit
From: Bill Grimwood <bgrim@garply.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:00:22 -0500 (CDT)

At 10:09 AM 4/11/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Hubert,
>
>I don't know about the 74/1.4, but I have had the same feeling and 
>results with my R 35/1.4.  I think the lens if fine if you need the 
>extra speed, but the extra bulk and the weight do not justify the 
>occiational need for the extra speed.
>
>You are correct when you say that a lot of people find the 50mm lens 
>boreing.  But, I have done some good work with it.
>
>I have a question for you.  I have heard from several people that 
>Vienna, Austria is a good place to buy Leica equipment because the 
>prices are lower there.  Is that true?  The current retail price for a 
>new M6 here is about $2.795 (US) and a new R7 is about $2,195 (US).
>
>Regards,
>Bill Erfurth
>Evergreen, Colo US
> 
>
>
I was in Vienna last June and found the prices higher than in the US.  I did
not buy anything there but a gray card which cost me about $20.00 US.  It
was a rip off and this was bought from a Leica dealer.

Bill Grimwood
Huntsville, Al. US