Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu May 11 06:25:53 2006

Daniel, I put a down payment of $100 on that new Heliar two months ago. I'm 
hoping that my serial number will be 0000003.
--
Jeffery

---- Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: 
> On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
> > Now, this  isn't a "What should I buy?" question because I have nearly 
> > all
> > of them already.
> 
> Ahem ...
> http://www.cameraquest.com/inventor.htm
> 
> scroll down to the 50/2.0 Heliar. You're going to need that one and you 
> know it.
> 
> > I have a pretty good idea of what most folks would say, but wondered if 
> > I am
> > right. If the Department of Homeland Security dictated that a 
> > photographer
> > could have only one lens, a 50 (so you couldn't take pictures of places 
> > you
> > planned to attack), what would it be? Oh, and it has to be Leica.
> 
> Since it would be very difficult and time consuming to really take all
> of the variables into consideration and give them correct answers ...
> I'd get boring on you and opt out with ...
> 
> Summicron
> 
> You really can't go wrong with a Summicron. I'd never have to look
> back and wonder if I made the right choice.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
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