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Subject: [Leica] Rollei 40/2.8 Sonnar [was Stephen Gandy took down theEpson R-D1 info!]
From: digiratidoc at earthlink.net (Jim Laird)
Date: Sat Sep 4 06:33:24 2004
 
I'd go with a like-new 40/2 Summicron. I love mine!

-
Jim Laird
digiratidoc@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: 03/19/2004 9:33:50 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Rollei 40/2.8 Sonnar [was Stephen Gandy took down
theEpson R-D1 info!]
>
> That makes it more affordable than a 35/2 Summicron, but 3x as much as a
> like-new 40/2 Rokkor. I'll go with the Rokkor, a known quantity.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Allen
> Graves
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 6:14 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Rollei 40/2.8 Sonnar [was Stephen Gandy took down
> the Epson R-D1 info!]
>
> Adorama offers the lens as a separate item- for $1000. It had better be
> nice!
>
> Allen
>
>
>
> >Someone sold the lens but kept the body? Good grief!
> >
> >At 03:41 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
> >>I recently acquired the Sonnar on eB*y, but haven't
> >>had a chance to really put it through its paces, yet.
> >>I can say that the build quality is nice, like the CV
> >>50/3.5 Heliar.
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>--------------
> >>
> >>I've never seen a review of the lens. I think Mehdad
> >>may have one, but
> >>haven't seen anything shot with it. Rollei should have
> >>ditched the RF
> >>idea
> >>and just made some good Zeiss lenses in M mount.
> >>
> >>At 12:21 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
> >>>Yes. The wind is my master.
> >>>
> >>>Now the Cosina-made Rollei rangefinger is one dud of
> >>a camera. Adorma
> >>is
> >>>selling them as overstock. What brainless person
> >>thought they could
> >>sell a
> >>>$500 Cosina for $1,900 by giving it a not very
> >>attractive facelift and
> >>>affixing the Rollei name? The three people who bought
> >>them will have
> >>real
> >>>collector's items in 25 years.
> >>>
> >>>Sam S
> >>
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