Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 90mm lens question
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:13:57 -0800
References: <39FDE02B.D82CBF6B@yahoo.com>

>On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:55:07 -0500 Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>> Which is the bestof the fast 90s,
>> the summicron, the elmarit or the tele-elmarit?
>> I have one heavy and bulky 90 summicron

>That's easy:....the latest 90 Apo-Summicron- it's the only one to have....
>anything else and you might as well be using a Pentax......NO, and I
>repeat, NO
>Leica user should settle for anything else....in fact, I'd like to
>offer my services to the group....
>Send >ALL< pre 1998 Leica lenses to me, Walt in Denton, and I'll destroy them
>and dispose of their remains in a suitable, environmentally responsible
>way....
>thus ridding the Leica world of these inferior optics...this will also
>rid the list of such nonsensical conversation about "bokeh" and "flare" (as a
>positive feature), and will get the topics back where they belong, the FINE,
>WELL DESIGNED AND WELL CRAFTED >>>CURRENT<<< products from Leica,
>AG....you know,
>the cameras that won't fire a studio flash without batteries, the same
>batteries
>that it eats at a rate faster than my daughter's gameboy, etc.....
>BTW, please send bodies (pre m4-2) with the lenses...they can't be trusted
>to wind film past these fine new lenses....I'll take care of their
>disposal, too...
>
>I'm a selfless public servant, so PLEASE don't ask to pay me....just send the
>obsolete gear and I'll take it to the proper recycling centers.....
>
>Walt


walt,

looking for an assistant?

guy

In reply to: Message from Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] 90mm lens question)