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Subject: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 22:26:11 -0500
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On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Phil Forrest
<photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Aww, you sold that military parkerized green M2?! That thing was
> fantastic! And probably bulletproof.
>
> Phil Forrest
>

I didn't have a GI bill for my M9. ;-)

Plus, I need to reduce my inventory of cameras. If I get hit by a bus
(unlikely in Natchitoches, unless it is a tour bus) My family doesn't need
a pile of cameras to figure out what to do.










>
>
> On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:55:13 -0500
> Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The only lens I ever bought new was the 75 I bought when Geoff gave
> > me a heads up, and the AUS$ was great compared to the US$.   I have
> > several other  Leitz or Leica lenses, all second hand.
> >
> > Four C/V lenses all new, all replaced by Leica now except the 15 M.
> > I had the LTM C/S, liked performance and hated the handling.
> > Likewise the LTM 21. Really nice performer, hideous handling.
> >
> > The 21 pre-asph Leica is a far better handling lens.  This is my
> > second one.  The first I sold to GeeBee, because he could use it
> > better than I could, and I had just bought the C/V.
> >
> > The only lens I regret selling was a Noctilux. I really didn't bond
> > with it on my M7, but I would love to see what it can doo on the M9.
> >
> > I bought my M6 and my M8 new.  My M9 was a Popflash deal with hardly
> > any counts on it.
> >
> > I still have an M6, MDa and CL.
> >
> > R3, R8, CLE, M2, M42, all bought used, all gone.
> >
>
>
>
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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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