Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/01

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Subject: [Leica] G10
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 06:40:56 -0700
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I once wore out the zoom/focus assembly on a 35-350mm L lens. The  
repair was only around $400. I only had to do it once. It now has a  
happy home with a convention shooter in Vegas,
S.d.


On May 1, 2009, at 4:44 AM, Doug Herr wrote:

> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>> And the lenses you only have to buy once.
>
> As long as they're Leica lenses.  Some sports shooters have been  
> known to replace their AF 80-200mm f/2.8 Nikon zooms annually  
> because they wear out and can't be repaired.
>
> Doug Herr
> Bidman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>>
>>> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:11:49 -0700
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] G10
>>>
>>> Yes you use long fast teles for sports. The
>>> sharpest lenses are always in demand. But also
>>> the fastest bodies, which the D3x isn't. It's the
>>> wrong tool.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 3:40 AM +0100 5/1/09, Philip Clarke wrote:
>>>> I have a dlux-4, thank you for the compliment. I'll pass on your  
>>>> words
>>>> of wisdom to him and all the agencies toting around the long  
>>>> telephotos,
>>>> highest resolution bodies and sharpest lenses, I've already  
>>>> stated the
>>>> reasons why the top guys use the top equipment but you'd have to be
>>>> amongst them and competing with them to understand.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] G10)