Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 11:13, Adam Bridge wrote: > I think I mentioned I met an Italian party photographing the > goosenecks in south-eastern Utah and how ebullient they were. > > Here's the lens they showed me. I think there are maybe 100 in the world? > > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004-09/23-70apof2.jpg> > > Adam Nice...I think there were about 300 made during the initial production run and then a few more were assembled later on. A few years ago these were going for $4000 and up. Supposedly it's the best 2.8/35-70 ever made, on par with Leica primes, but as you can see it's pretty big. I wonder if Leica could put that puppy back in to production, now that they have streamlined the manufacture of ASPH elements... Feli -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com