Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the US government is on to this trick. A $700 billion bill last year, a $787 billion this year. Remember when we used to complain about $450 billion deficits? Even if finances keep me on the sidelines, I'm excited by 09/09/09. Apple's also got some announcement. And the Beatles remastered albums go on sale. -rei On Sep05 14:06, Richard Man wrote: > As we Leica owners know, once you purchase a Leica camera or a Leica > lens, you'd get sort of price desensitized. $2995 for a 50/1.4? No > problem. Sure, you can get a Nikon D700 plus a 50/1.4 for that price, > but hey, it's a Leica. Just save up the pennies, and soon you can get > the best 50/1.4 known to mortals. > > And so it goes for the 24/1.4. That must be the most brilliant piece > of 24/1.4 out there, despite the fact that a D3+24/1.4+35/1.4 would > cost less. > > But now Leica is giving us a choice!!! If you don't have that 24/1.4 > already and are lusting for that magic 35ish view on your M8, you can > get a M9 instead, just for a few thousand quids more!! And since the > 35/1.4 is almost pedestrian, you should already have it in your bag (I > know I do, the 1.4 ASPH sing sweetly to my ears). > > In 4 days, we will know. > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: > http://rfman.wordpress.com > // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey