Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Motor Driver R8
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:04:48 -0000
 
>
> And if $5395 is insane for a 180/2.0, B&H quotes the following:
>
>    Canon   200/1.8   $4159
>    Contax  200/2.0   $7099
>    Nikon   200/2.0   $4625 (manual focus)
>
> Reality check for Contax, anyone? ;)
>
> M.

Speaking of reality checks - Then there's the Nikon 180 2.8 ED - manual
focus, which, after all, is what we should always be comparing with Leica
and Leica prices - which you can pick up used/mint for under $800. And it
is, as they say, sharp as a tack.

B. D.
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