Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/06

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Subject: [Leica] conductor photo***
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 11:29:50 +0530
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As it is, that is what I do. Both the dealers I buy equipment from
allow me to take the item I am interested in out for half an hour and
take shots. Not very comprehensive, but better than nothing!
Cheers
Jayanand


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 11:22 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:
> My dealer (a few 100km away) has a sample in for an hour or so next week. 
> I have asked if he is allowed to take and keep raw images and if any M 
> mount lenses <35mm in stock......
>
> Most of these sites (Steve Huff, Lloyd Chambers, Ken Rockwell) are trying 
> to keep viewer numbers up and buy things on click-throughs. I see a fair 
> bit of reverse snobbery, 'look you can get a Leica beater for less than 
> $1000' etc, got to keep the mass of the population interested.
>
> john
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Steve Huff does not seem to have met a piece of equipment that he does
>> not like either. I just went through his site for the first time today....
>> Probably the best way to figure out if the Sony A7r is for you or not is 
>> to hire
>> a body for a few days, put the lenses you want to use on it, and figure 
>> it out
>> for yourself. If I had access to equipment rentals, this is what I would 
>> do for
>> every piece of equipment I buy.
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>


Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
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Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
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Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] conductor photo***)