Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] Monster Leica R 280 f.2.8
From: Andrea Cucina <CucinaA@missouri.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:27:36 -0500

Daniel, 
u likely forget the 280 f. 2.8 R which is a monster in term of size and
precision. 
It is an amazing lens, I played with it a little. Anyway, mine will be on
the market if someone can be interested.
Take care - Andrea


>.....................................
>By the way, I don't think there was such thing as a Leitz R lens over
>180mm that was as fast as f2.8. The fastest R lens over 250mm was a
>350f4.8 Or you could go with the 250f4 :-) Or, if you had a strong
>assistant, you could go with the 800/6.3. I have a vague memory of a
>Leitz promotion for that lens where, if you bought a new one, they'd give
>you a new VW beatle as a premium. But maybe that was a nightmare and not
>just a regular memory:-)
>
>Cordially
>
>Daniel Bowdoin

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