Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did I get in ahead of you? On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, A. Lal <alal@duke.poly.edu> wrote: > Ah Ha! So you're the one. ;-). > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, 03 December, 2008 3:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years... > > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA