Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the old 70-210 and the recent 80-200 and truly enjoy their output. However, after two years of seeing what my wonderful 180 3.4 APO does with color correction, I'm extremely curious about the 70-180 and its handling of same. Terry Eric Welch wrote: > At 12:55 PM 3/2/99 -0800, you wrote: > >How did you obtain it for $3K? (Used or new?) > > One month old, bought it from a Canadian gentleman (with Ted's help) who > couldn't carry it. He was over 80 and decided he could live with the 80-200 > f/4. The exchange rate played in my favor. > > I do see one used every once in a while in Shutterbug for about $3,500. But > the one I bought looked brand new. Unfortunately, it looks used now. :-)