Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom: Not to worry. Not even a yellow card! I was just plain lucky that my wife cooly suggested it was time to insure the Contax kit (she does the books and knew what I'd spent to the penny...). Cheers. Bob On Jun 11, 2007, at 23:35, Tom Schofield wrote: Hi Bob, I had a Winkie character after that comment -- I was surprised everyone took me seriously! It would kill me to pay retail prices for those pieces of plastic. Like I said, I watch for them used at camera shows. My 180 Summicron was a trade deal at a camera show for an R7 body, 28mm R, 250 f4 and $400 cash! Tom On Jun 11, 2007, at 11:05 PM, Bob Shaw wrote: > > As for the "$ 4k I paid for it"; that dough was part of an insurance > settlement for the loss of a full Contax R System a couple years back. > Paid a lot of insurance premiums up to that point so didn't feel too > guilty about replacing with Lecia gear. And it took me 5 years to > collect and pay cash for the Contax stuff. > > That said, I still don't quite get the retail price for Leica lens > caps. At least they could put a little red (also plastic) dot on them > or something... > > 'night everybody! > > Bob > > -------------- Original message from Tom Schofield > <tomschofield@comcast.net>: -------------- > > >> Come on Bob, it will probably only set you back $50 or so, hardly >> significant compared to the $4k with tax you paid for the lens! ;-) >> That's what Sima cap keepers are for! I live in fear of losing the >> dessert plate sized cap on the 180 Summicron - I figure that one's >> got to be into three figures. I keep my eyes open at camera shows >> for used Leica caps and pick them up for $10 when I can, to keep >> stock on hand. >> >> And since, according to BD, nothing changes on the LUG, Ted will >> rightly flame us for wasting time whining about lens caps instead of >> going out on a beautiful day like this and taking pictures. Having >> lens caps on means not taking pictures, after all! >> >> Tom _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information