Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 10 Mar 2001, at 9:30, Ken Iisaka wrote: > Um, I have a confession. > > It became apparent that I was infected by the Leicaflex Telyt virus > back in November, 1999, over the Pt. Lobos weekend. Doug's awesome > nature photographs aggrevated it. > > The symptoms started to appear while handling a used SL in January. > After an unstoppable bidding frenzy at an infamous auction site, I > ended up with a clean (though in need of a CLA) SL2 MOT, a R3-era > Summicron 50mm, and finally, the mint- Telyt 400/6.8 from Australia. > > The entire package cost less than what one would pay for one new Leica > lens. > > I'm off to Richardson Bay or Bolinas Lagoon in my 'hood today. Now don't start that! One of my local dealers who already has too much of my money has a black SL2 and a 400 Telyt in the window! But why would I buy a body just to use one lens on it?!