Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, I had a minor rethink. Compare the cost of the three wides and the finders? Still Yikes but you are getting an awful of wideangle for the megabucks, I guess. Still I'd be buying one prime I'm thinking. And I just paid for the f2 28asph so I am nearly yikes proof but dang it's a glorious lens. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Friday, 15 September 2006 16:17 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens I thought that just HAD to be a mis-print. Yikes doesn't even come CLOSE! GULP On 9/14/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Lens and finder 3,500 euro. Yikes > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Henning Wulff > Sent: Friday, 15 September 2006 15:50 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens > > At 3:28 PM +1000 9/15/06, G Hopkinson wrote: > >Mark the specs and brochure are released, at least to user forum > >members. I guess they must be in wide circulation by now. > >It does look yummy. Its Dimensions and weight > >Length to bayonet flange approx. 63mm > >Largest diameter approx. 55mm > >Weight approx. 350g > >For us metric folks. > > > >But you are going to have to buy the horrendously complex and > >expensive super finder thingie to go with it. > > > >Cheers > >Hoppy > > Or the big stupid tri-finder sold previously. Or a 21 and 28 CV > finder (optional 25 finder if you don't want to guess) if you tend to > stick to one focal length for a while. > > Boy that new finder is a lump. They must have looked at the Xpan > finder for the 30 and said "we can design something worse than > that!". Success!!! > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information