[Leica] help urgent lens advice needed

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Alastair that's a valid point re the LHSA version. I want it to use not put 
away in a cupboard.
And it's a demo not a mint item. Still would be pretty on my Betreibsk!
Re the un-coded, I suppose the worst case there is that it could be upgraded 
later. The conversion cost is not much compared to the
original investment.
I dunno about the chrome. I actually think they look better on the chrome 
bodies (mine basic black chrome), but they are clearly not
as popular should I need to trade up later.
I need a million dollars to support all of this technolust. I'm not so 
gradually shrinking my equipment pile trading towards this
great stuff. Want to buy two limited edition minty children for medical 
experiments?
Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Alastair Firkin
Sent: Monday, 11 December 2006 16:52
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] help urgent lens advice needed


On 11/12/2006, at 17:24, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Folks I am looking to buy the 50 asph for my M7. These things are  
> not exactly thick on the ground around these parts (and my dealer
> is 1000 miles away).
> My dealer can source a new black chrome from the distributor at a  
> significant discount, being their only new stock right now. I'm
> not sure until the dealer receives the stock but suspect that it is  
> un-coded.
> I know that makes no difference at all on my M7 and I suspect  
> little on the M8. Would anyone like to hazard an opinion whether the
> built in coding is likely to make the lens more valuable/attractive  
> some years down the track.

bound to

> The other options are a demo chrome. Optically of course the same  
> but I think less desirable again in the future perhaps.
> The fly in the ointment is that they also have the black lacquer  
> LHSA version as a demo, offered for about 10% less than the new
> standard version. Anyone with experience with this one. I think it  
> uses 43mm filter/hood? What about the quality of the finish?
> Now I know the glass is the same, but I actually like the thought  
> of the focusing tab and locking small hood on the standard
> version. Still I would think some rarity component in this one.

I think chrome will have longer value, and the black lacquer one  
should be stored away and not used if you want it to be of benefit:  
in reality, it should come with the camera ;-). I like tabs on my M  
lenses especially the 35 and 50, so with the M8 the 28 and 35 I  
suppose ;-)

cheers

alastair


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