Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought a 75 from the same dealer. It arrived today after eight days of travel. Part of that was over the holiday and weekend. I've ordered a lens hood from one of the HK dealers. I use them on my Pentax lenses, and for $15 bucks they do the same job as the Leica ones. My IR cut filter is coming from Popflash. Amazing world we live in, huh? Sonny On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote: > ...is a new 35mm Summarit, just arrived yesterday from Australia. The lens > feels very good, every bit as solid as the Summicrons etc. Now I am just > missing one tiny bit of kit to be able to actually take pictures with it > ;-) > > One peeve, however, is that the lens hood is not built in nor included with > the lens--you have to buy it separately. I think it is a bit cheesy, not so > much because of the money, but because of the hassle of having to hunt > around for it on the web. I live in the Third World as far as Leica is > concerned: the nearest Leica dealer is in Valencia, 180 km away, and the > nearest good dealers are in Barcelona (550 km) or Madrid (430 km). Even > then, I am not sure if they would have that particular item in stock, so I > just ordered it from B&H. But in the end I would rather pay a bit more for > the lens and have the hood included. > > Well, I guess I should not complain too much, given that I paid $1414 for > the lens--but those were Australian dollars :-) > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA