Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And on nearly the same subject, a Leica rep with whom I spoke yesterday told me that the recently-demised 135/4 Tele (the "modern" version which has the integral shade) is "the buy of a lifetime" right now, because evidently this version of the lens was produced in *very* small numbers (comparable to the Hologon and Thambar) and once the current crop (traded on the APO-Telyt) disappears from the market, it will be a *very* precious collector piece with a price to match. I didn't tell him I happen to have one...I just smiled and nodded, then went home and began erecting a fitting shrine ; ) Regards, Nigel On Wed, 02 Dec 1998 12:07:25 -0600 Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> writes: >Eric, >Who knows what the difference in price will be with the R lenses but I >think that >there will be a $600-$700 difference with the M versions. That would >buy a pretty >good used lens of another focal length to go with the Elmarit. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]