Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/08

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Subject: Re: Japanese "M" mount
From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 20:14:22 -0400

Eric:

We agree on this. I was trying to point out to someone that he needed Leica
glass, and not an M mount Sigma lens. 

I'm still not convinced on the Gitzo.

BTW: How 'bout the CIS/AOL deal. Is nothing sacred.

Tom

At 11:09 AM 9/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 11:08 PM 9/7/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>I think this may have been true in 1975, but now the film is so sharp that
>>often lenses are the weakenst link. Fujicolor 100 has finer resolution than
>>both Velvia and Kodachrome 64. Tmax 100 can resolve almost anything. 
>
>Not Leica lenses. The 100 Apo Macro, the 180 Apo telyts (plural) and the
>70-180 sound like they'd give most films a run for the money. And there's a
>new Kodachrome due out that's supposed to be 100 and fine grain like 25.
>Let's hope!
>
>>I'll take a Bogen tripod over Gitzo, I'll buy the grey market Velvia, but
>>give me premium glass.
>
>I love my Gitzo, that takes a beating with no problem at all. (On sale,
>cheap).
>
>---------------------
>Eric Welch
>Grants Pass, OR
>
>An SB-26 is a case for holding dead batteries.
>
>