Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/21

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Subject: [Leica] The M6 and 75 'Lux Repair/ Wide open lenses.
From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:08:10 +0000

I reckon there must be some underground software to automatically bid on 
e-bay. I have been outbid by 1$ during the last minute of auctions for it to
be coincidental.

cheers Frank


Jem Kime wrote


> Folks,
> I nearly ended up with a couple of Leitz (Canada) lenses that would have
> made the focusing of those 75mm F1.4 lenses (et al) mere child's play.
> On a couple of ebay auctions I was pipped in the last 5 seconds to a 90mm
> F1 lens and a - wait for it, this hard to believe -  a 65mm F0.75 lens!!!
> Of course they weren't designed for Leica cameras, M or R. They were made
> for X-Ray use but that wouldn't have stopped me finding a way of letting
> them create some masterpieces(?) on one of my cameras...
>
> I'm hoping soon to have some of my work up on the web at last, as it's part
> of a wider (society) site, so I'm waiting on a few nods from other folks
> before I announce the site.
>
> best regards,
> Jem