Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For those who are " thinking about my order for the M240 vs. the X series." Kind of sounds like one is in the middle of really financing a seven grand full frame M but then somehow looking over at the $1400 1.5 crop Fuji in the same breath? Here's what I came up with: $7000 - $1400 = $5600.00 savings And also: $7000/$1400 = 5.0 So if you last minute having saved seven grand for the M but then get the X instead you have $5600 burning a hole in your back pocket that can buy you exactly four more X's. That's quite a discrepancy of dreams! ... Or an extra lens and a trip around the world. Its like "oh boy I get to finally buy that Rolls Royce now but maybe that Honda Civic will also get me there?" Or as we say in the US of A: apples and oranges. Or lets say you saved up to get a Harley motorcycle but then got a tuna fish sandwich instead? Lots of left over here too for extras: Tomatoes Cheese. Lettuce. Pickles Rye bread. I'm afraid I'm just not seeing the overlap between M dreams and X dreams. To me they just don't belong in the same rapid eye movement cycle. At very least there's a full tuna on rye separating them. On 5/16/13 9:51 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote: > If we are talking about the Fuji X series, the 35mm 1.4 is an excellent > lens. Pretty close focusing and very closely integrated with the "brains" > of the XPro to be very low vignette and really pretty flat field. Results > at 1600 were very good noise wise. Just my two cents thinking about my > order for the M240 vs the X series. > > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at > summaventures.com>wrote: > >> Voigt 40/1.4 at $449? I think you've said that you have the M-adapter. >> >> Peter >> >> On 16/05/2013 19:27, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>> My guess is that they wanted to sell enough X100and now X100s before >> releasing the lens on its own. >>> Jayanand >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:46 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On May 16, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >>>> gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, I have that, and that is what I generally use, but a fast 35mm >> would be perfect for the streets! >>>> >>>> >>>> patience, coming soon from several sources >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Jayanand >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:27 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> There's the Fujinon 18 - 55 zoom. >>>>>> >>>>>> Peter >>>>>> >>>>>> On 15/05/2013 11:09, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>>>>>> Way too expensive compared to Fuji's excellent offerings. They cannot >>>>>>> be worth that much of a premium. In fact I just ordered the Fuji >> 14mm, >>>>>>> after seeing the disparity in price with the Zeiss. I am paying the >>>>>>> equivalent of US$750 for the 14mm. Now, if they had the sense to >>>>>>> release a 23mm - the gaping hole in Fuji's line up - it might have >>>>>>> been different, I would have been sorely tempted. >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> Jayanand >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at >>>>>>> me.com> >> wrote: >>>>>>>> Just seen these lovely lenses from Zeiss. Bit pricey but should be >> superb! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Carl_Zeiss_Touit_12mm_f2-8/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gerry >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gerry Walden >>>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>>>>>> www.gwpics.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> =========================================================== >>>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================== >> Dr Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/