Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep, really amazing. I bought the 35mm lens in Australia. I bought the M8 in Scotland. I bought the hood for the 35mm and a spare battery in New York. I bought the 18mm Zeiss lens in California and it is currently being worked on in New York (by John Milich). I live in Spain and I am talking about all this with a guy in Louisiana. :-) 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 On Dec 3, 2008, at 9:02 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > I bought a 75 from the same dealer. It arrived today after eight > days of > travel. Part of that was over the holiday and weekend. I've > ordered a lens > hood from one of the HK dealers. I use them on my Pentax lenses, > and for > $15 bucks they do the same job as the Leica ones. My IR cut filter is > coming from Popflash. Amazing world we live in, huh? > > > Sonny > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman > <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> ...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 >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information