Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bet you are really stressed out in the medical profession in this day of the SARS epidemic. I flew out of Hong Kong just in time and it was a stressful flight to San Francisco, with more than about half of the passengers wearing face masks. - --- Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com> wrote: > on 9/4/03 12:45 am, Skip Williams at > leica@skipwilliams.com wrote: > > > Collectible? It's probably collectible, as are > just about all non-standard > > Leica models. In future years, most true > collectors will likely want the > > camera and one or more of the Titanium lenses that > were offered at the time. > > I think that there were three: 35/1.4, 50/1.4, and > 90/2? > > The M6 Titanium was offered initially with pre-ASPH > 35/1.4 in 1992. Then > the 35/1.4 ASPH., 50/1.4 and 90/2.8 Titanium lenses > came along, with the > 90/2.8 introduced in 1998. > > In late 2001 when the M6 TTL Titanium was > introduced, three more titanium > lenses were offered: 50/2.0, 35/2.0 ASPH., an APO > 90/2.0 ASPH. > > In all there have been seven titanium lenses > offered. You can probably tell > I am fond of the titanium series, and indeed I am. > The M6 that I use most > and like best is a M6 Titanium (classic) fitted with > M6J finder, titanium > 50/1.4, titanium Rapidwinder, titanium Softrelease > and titanium Rapidgrip. > Oh, there is also a Leica titanium rim UV filter! > :-) > > Cheers, > > Joseph <- still surviving the SARS/coronavirus in > Hong Kong! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html