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Subject: [Leica] Couple of E-330 shots -- Naming the Leicapus - Olyca?
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Mar 9 12:35:47 2006

:-) I actually knew that quite logical answer, George.


On 3/9/06 3:29 PM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:

> For B.D. = Absolutely no reason what so ever.
> For others = Others already have the glass, know the glass's
> signature, and may also shoot slides and other films. Having an
> adapter has provided much pleasure, at times profit, and has saved me
> $'s by not requiring duplicating focal lengths in different systems.
> The notion that I have 10mm - 70mm covered in AF Aeverything canon
> glass and also have manual Leica lenses which cut beautiful images
> and work on R and Canon bodies feels very good in terms of backup
> gear for any assignment.
> 
> BTW: I've never spent more than a half-a-zillion on a lens and none
> of them weigh more than a million pounds.
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 9, 2006, at 1:47 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
>> So tell me why the need for zillion dollar,
>> zillion pound R glass with convertors that make it impossible to use
>> autofocus and require stop-down metering?
> 
> 
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