Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Nikon v Leica
From: "Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 12:18:20 -0400

BD

What is the price of the Leica version in the US of A?  I bought the Leica
viewfinder with my 21 and the price was $250 Canadian. At today's exchange
rate that works out to $168.35US.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	B. D. Colen [SMTP:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 01, 1999 7:28 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] Nikon v Leica
> 
> Dr. Blacktape Wades In..
> 
> I got the AIS mechanical version of the 85 1.4 and it is rock solid...yes,
> built like a Nikkor manual focus, not a Leica lens, but that's a
> given...Nothing to report yet on results....
> 
> (And, by the way, my choice was not dictated by some belief in the
> superiority of the lens - although it has a legendary reputation - but by
> having to make cost compromises, and by the fact that I find I prefer a
> reflex over a rangefinder for longer than "normal" lenses - and can't
> afford
> to start building an R6.2 system at the moment....
> 
> ALSO..KOBOLUX....
> 
> Got a 21 finder to use with my new 21 ASPH...No one warned me it's a
> chrome
> orange juice can!...Is there an alternative that's in the same $200 price
> range but more reasonably sized - and with better bright lines? The
> Kobolux
> is BRIGHT, but the finder lines are virtually invisible!
> 
> 
> 
>