Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/9/02 1:18:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, leicam4pro@yahoo.com writes: > I made it a > rule to buy the best the first time. If I had to wait for > the $$s to afford it, I did. ..........my dad taught me that when I was a teenager; it is ALWAYS cheaper in the long run. > The advantage was great. I never lost money trading > up. And I learned more of how to use what I had while > waiting for the next new toy. > I still have every piece of that equipment. .........don't exactly wich I did. But I do have a few of the most important first-owned: M4 with DR Summicron hand-picked by Vince Fochtman at Leica New York, 8-glass 35/2 Summicron and 90/2,8 Elmarit. > It still produces fine images, limited only by my application. And > I, as well as others, have seen that the newest lenses, > while they are certainly better in some respects, .........not always; I've argued in print that the DR Summicron is to this day the best 50mm lens Leitz/Leica has ever made. And have the back-up. Of, course, if highest contrast at full aperture is one's definition of "best" as it is Mr. Puts', then by defining "best" yuou can fit your candidate in there. > are not so fantastically superior that what I have is obsolete. > Perhaps if I were trying to earn a living in today's > shrinking market for quality work, I would feel the need > for some of the newest, latest, most expensive hardware. > But I am not. And I doubt if very many of you are either. > Or you wouldn't have time to be on this list. Ain't you got that right, Phreak! I'll be making Chicago contacts hopefully this week. Seth LaK 9 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html