Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/16

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Subject: Re: Fwd: [Leica] 24mm 2.8
From: Douglas Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com>
Date: 16 Nov 2000 07:29:07 -0800

On Thu, 16 November 2000, Jean Marc Becker wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > What do you want to do with it? What other lenses do you have?
> > Unless we know the answers, it is difficult to give any advice.
> > Salut!
> 
> Until recently, I used Olympus optics, with a good 2.8 24mm. 
> I had the opportunity to buy a 1967 Leica R, with a 2 50mm Summicron, in
> a flea market for 300$.I immediatly fell in love with it, and decided to
> complete my objectives range. In France, we have sometimes good
> bargains. I bought then a 2.8 90mm Elmarit, and I need short focus for
> architectural and general pictures. I like 24mm, and when I travel, I
> bring a 24mm and a 100mm. 
> My favorite pictures are B&W, and I develop in my very old darkroom. I
> am an old timer photograph!
> 24mm may be used too for wide field astronomical pictures, for instance
> Milkyway and shooting stars.
> 
> JMB

Oops! the 24mm Elmarit-R can't be used on any Leica-R before the Leicaflex SL2!

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt
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