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Subject: [Leica] What's the Best All-Around 50?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu May 11 09:01:04 2006
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Now Steve,

You don't want to sound too pragmatic, this is art we're talking about. ;-)

Walt

Steve Barbour wrote:

> On May 11, 2006, at 8:15 AM, Mark Langer wrote:
>
>> How can people say that this lens is the best when it isn't even  
>> available
>> yet?
>
>
>
> easy Mark... the same way they can compare two lenses that they have  
> never used, and with absolute authority select the best...
>
> :-)
>
> Steve
>
>>
>> Enquiring minds want to know.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On 5/11/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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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