[Leica] 35mm 1.4 and be there

[zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)]

Christ almighty.

The Nikon 35/1.4 will be $1799 which is about $50 less than the Zeiss  
35/1.4 for Nikon.


Chris Williams
www.zoeicaimages.net
www.rebirthworkshops.com
504-231-6261




On Sep 16, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> February 19,2000 yours truly celebrated the new world era by blowing  
> a cool
> $1,495 on a late breaking ASPH f2 Summicron M figuring he most be  
> some kind
> of &^%$ millionaire but some uncle died and was in the flush.  
> (replacement
> cost last I looked $2,795)
> The new at the time 1.4 ASPH looked the same and weighed the same  
> but was a
> stop faster and a grand more money. So I opted for the low priced  
> spread.
> You could have gotten 4 or 5 Canon or nikon lenses for that money.
> F 2 has always struck me as "fast" I don't care what the focal length.
> It did re invent the quality of work I'd been getting and have a  
> shot I did
> at night in Boston hand held which people think is medium format I  
> shot with
> Delta 400 in Xtol 1:3. I think I have it here in NY. A 11x14  
> darkroom print.
> Not sure if I have a similar shot done with nikon glass but this  
> shot does
> get an oooh or aaaah from the preview audience.
>
> September 15 2010
> Late breaking news after waiting for decades for Nikon to stop  
> cranking out
> mindless zooms it comes out with an AF 35mm lens I can really use.  
> An f 1.4
> AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G For a heaping #2,652!!!
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> I thought things would be cheaper shooting Nikon but I'm plagued  
> with bad
> luck in this particular time warp continuum on that account. Time to  
> get a
> night job as a watchman in Coney Island.
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> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091511nikon35mm.asp
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> Photography
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