Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been a LUGger for a while and have picked up quite a bit of useful info along the way. I thought I?d make my 90AA available and see if any other LUG members had an interest in it. For sale: Leica APO-Summicron-M 90mm f/2.0 ASPH lens, black finish, Leica Nr. 11884, serial number: 3856xxx. The lens comes complete with original box, leather case and lens caps, front and rear. No cleaning marks or internal dust - absolutely none. The condition of this lens is as near to perfect as possible. The lens focus is absolutely smooth and the Aperture click stops are crisp and definite. $1900.00. Or trade for one of these R lens: LEICA SUMMILUX-R 80MM F/1.4 LEICA APO-SUMMICRON-R 90MM F/2.0 ASPH LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100MM F/2.8 LEICA VARIO-ELMAR-R 80-200MM F/4,0 I may be contacted via wayne@wayneserrano.com. Kind regards, Wayne Serrano 415.244.9620 wayne@wayneserrano.com http://www.wayneserrano.com -----Original Message----- >From: reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Sent: Mar 29, 2007 10:01 AM >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: [Leica] opening bell > >In the village of Kirimati, in the country of Kiribati, it >is just after sunrise (06:01) on Friday, so the Leica >Users Group 'For-sale Friday' is officially open for >business. > >Kirimati is pronounced "Kee-ree-mass" and Kiribati is >prounced "Kee-ree-bus". The island is known both as >Kirimati and Kiritimati. Kiritimati is pronounced >"Kee-ri-see-mass". (Say it out loud.) When it was an >English colony, it was known as Christmas Island. There >is another unrelated island with that name (an Australian >territory in the Indian ocean). Kirimati is part of the >Line Islands archipelago. > >Kirimati is big enough to have two hotels and air service. >Despite its being a former British nuclear test site, it >is now safe in terms of radiation hazard. There is a lot >of cast-off military hardware littering the edges of the >island, but it serves more as a replacement for pandanus >leaves in the roofs of huts than as a danger. Piles of >rusting scrap metal serve as landmarks. > >There is spectacular fishing for bonefish on the shallow >sand flats around the island. It's slow film country; the >light is incredibly intense, being very near the equator. > > >NO ARCHIVE >server1:~/cals/leicafriday1.sh > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information