Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>Have fun you guys with your fake Color-Skopars. (My first lens was a real one) >>who'd EVER want to ever spend $2000 on a lens? Not ME! But i do anyway! >>In my 20's and 30's I'd save for half a year for a new Nikon lens. >>Now the anti is up and I'm in my 40's and 50's and i save up for half a >>year for >>a new Leica lens. >>The point is the quality of my images have gone up as my hair falls out and my >>waistline expands. >>I could be trading fake Skopars back and forth like trading cards but >>what's the point? >>I say >>SAVE UP THE MONEY and get Leica quality. >>IMO the GLASS is more important than the camera. >>IT'S THE GLASS THAT COUNTS. >>That's what Leica is all about. >>Cheap glass is everywhere. Leave it off your Leica. >> >>Mark Rabiner > > > Hey Mark, > > I *do* have the Leica glass - the Cosina 25 I just sold was used on my > IIIf. I have - and use - the Leica 24 on the M6. > > Q: Why have two lenses in more or less the same focal length? > A: The 24 Elmarit ASPH is too goddam big for a IIIf! > > Q: Why buy the Cosina 21 when the Leica 21 is available? > A: The 21 Elmarit ASPH is too goddam big for a IIIf! > > Q: Why not just buy the Leica 21 and use it on the M6? > A: The 24 Elmarit ASPH won't let me! > > Guy Since ya'll are talking 21mm I have been thinking about getting a Kobalux 21/2.8, about $600 from Adorama with finder and M adaptor. Anybody used this lens? Steve Annapolis