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Subject: [Leica] IMG: so how does the CFV 39 work with my aging CM & T* glass
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:08:28 -0500
References: <C6F64F58.56423%mark@rabinergroup.com>

So

to set all our beloved glass free
to run at their full potential
will run us $21,000.

Still less than an S2 body.
;~)

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Oct 10, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>> oops! forgot the IMG link
>>
>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=1761>
>>
>> It was a very exciting! experience.
>> Every bit as exciting as the first shooting with my M digital.
>> Having digital image capture available
>> in our most beloved form factors does
>> tend to make the heart pound.
>>
>> And the fact that I could hang this back on my Ultima
>> gives it a further pull on my heart.
>>
>> $13,995 is price of admission.
>> <http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/HA13944/>
>> significantly below any other 39 MPixel, 36.7x49.0 mm solution.
>>
>> The Phase One P45+, 39 MPixel
>> runs $19,999.
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>
>>> I'm excited!
>>> If you had to pay for the thing how much would it cost?
>>> Maybe you could just Mug the guy! Grab the back and run away!
>>
>>
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>
>
> Well if your going to blow 3 grand for a D700 might as well tell  
> your banker
> or loan shark to just make it  5 grand for a D3.
> And if your going to blow 5 grand for a D3 you might was well tell  
> your
> banker or loan shark to make it 7  grand for an M9.  Freeing my  
> Leica glass
> out of Pelican plastic prison. The M9 by the way is virtually the  
> same price
> as a D3x.
> And if your going to blow  7  grand for an M9 you might was well  
> tell your
> banker or loan shark to make it 14  grand and get  a Hasselblad CFV  
> 39!
> Freeing my Zeiss glass out of Pelican plastic prison.
>
> I'm going to go for an M9
> Fall short
> And end up with a D3
> Which is a heck of a lot better then a measly D700.
> Only babies use D700's.
> Big fat ones.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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