[Leica] 180/2, 1.4Ext. for sale, R8 comments

[wolfgang at wisc.edu (Wolfgang Hoffmann)]

For sale:

Apo-Extender-R 1.4X,  SN33775xx,  Ex-   $725.00

APO-SUMMICRON-R 2/180, SN36897xx, hardly used, 
looks like new, case, box, FLD filter   $3,800


Well, Tom Schofield said:
"Don't do it!!!!!!!!!  (Unless kids are hungry, 
of course.)  There are plenty of things you can 
use it for. 

Impressionistic soft focus effects a'la' Noctilux  ?"..

Thanks for your concern, Tom!   Actually, my 
Noctilux is already promised to one of my former 
students.  And I remember, of my first shots 
taken hand-held at 1/30sec with a loaner 
Summicron 180 from the Leica rep, many images 
were tack sharp due to the mass of the lens. 
But, I still have other longer lenses, and 
there's a 5D on my dealer's shelf?.  But then I'd 
have to shave the 5D's mirror, or the rear of my 
2.8/15 and 2.8/19????

Some of you had problems with film getting stuck 
around frame 20 or so on the R8.  Yeah, that's 
been happening on a couple of my R8s, too.  On 
the other hand, one of my R8s did get worn out 
recently.  The shutter broke mid film. But I 
figured that this camera did over 100,000 
exposures.  That's what we should expect.  It's 
time for the 20Ds to get worn out!