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Subject: [Leica] Buying a Leica lens?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:55:13 -0500
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The only lens I ever bought new was the 75 I bought when Geoff gave me a
heads up, and the AUS$ was great compared to the US$.   I have several
other  Leitz or Leica lenses, all second hand.

Four C/V lenses all new, all replaced by Leica now except the 15 M.  I had
the LTM C/S, liked performance and hated the handling.  Likewise the LTM
21. Really nice performer, hideous handling.

The 21 pre-asph Leica is a far better handling lens.  This is my second
one.  The first I sold to GeeBee, because he could use it better than I
could, and I had just bought the C/V.

The only lens I regret selling was a Noctilux. I really didn't bond with it
on my M7, but I would love to see what it can doo on the M9.

I bought my M6 and my M8 new.  My M9 was a Popflash deal with hardly any
counts on it.

I still have an M6, MDa and CL.

R3, R8, CLE, M2, M42, all bought used, all gone.

-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
http://sonc-hegr.tumblr.com/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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