Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Slobodan Dimitrov Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:27 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] This here fancy 50 And all this time I thought I was doing good with my newly designed 50mm Elmarit-M. S. Dimitrov > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 13:13:43 -0400 > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] This here fancy 50 > > But there are two really important points here, Doug - > 1. You produce work to SELL; > 2. You replaced one of your primary lenses with an improved version of > that lens. > > For someone shooting for pay, for whom a fast 50 - say the old > Summilux > - is the 'go to' lens, a trade up is a rational move. > > For the rest of us?....I don't think so. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Douglas Herr > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:57 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] This here fancy 50 > > > "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com> wrote: > >> I liked it better when I couldn't even think about affording >> completely unjustifiable stuff like this. At least then I didn't >> have > >> countless arguments with myself about why I REALLY need one. >> >> Of course nobody needs a 1500 quid 50mm lens. The whole thing's a >> silly idea. Really silly. >> >> Bet it feels nice and solid though. >> >> Pointless thing. >> >> And positive to focus. >> >> Just daft. >> >> I wonder how much I could get for that Summicron... > > This is the kind of stuff I went through when I considered replacing > both the 250mm Telyt-R and 280mm f/4.8 Telyt on Televit-R with the > 280mm f/4 APO - really an outlandishly expensive lens - what did I > need a 280 APO for when I already had a perfectly good 280, and a 250 > for backup? The irrational won and I bought the 280 APO - turns out > it's among my most rational camera-buying decisions ever. The 280 APO > is threatening to replace the 400 6.8 as my favorite most-used > don't-leave-home-without-it lens. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information