Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, Welcome back in the Rangefinder world!. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema 2008/12/3 Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: > I'm sure that Andrew has the hood on the shelf. I've seen hoods there with > his Summarits last week. Did you ask when ordering? Would have been no > extra > freight and hassle. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can. > > -----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 > Nathan Wajsman > Sent: Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:33 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years... > > ...is a new 35mm Summarit, just arrived yesterday from Australia. The lens > feels very good, every bit as solid as the Summicrons etc. Now I am just > missing one tiny bit of kit to be able to actually take pictures with it > ;-) > > One peeve, however, is that the lens hood is not built in nor included with > the lens--you have to buy it separately. I think it is a bit cheesy, not so > much because of the money, but because of the hassle of having to hunt > around for it on the web. I live in the Third World as far as Leica is > concerned: the nearest Leica dealer is in Valencia, 180 km away, and the > nearest good dealers are in Barcelona (550 km) or Madrid (430 km). Even > then, I am not sure if they would have that particular item in stock, so I > just ordered it from B&H. But in the end I would rather pay a bit more for > the lens and have the hood included. > > Well, I guess I should not complain too much, given that I paid $1414 for > the lens--but those were Australian dollars :-) > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >