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Subject: [Leica] To tempt Fuji X users?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 18:52:05 +0530
References: <CDBB7B5A.994C%mark@rabinergroup.com>

If you sleep a little more in the night, you would see it!(-:
Cheers
Jayanand

Sent from my iPad

On 17-May-2013, at 3:44 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> For those who are " thinking about my order for the M240 vs. the X series."
> Kind of sounds like one is in the middle of really financing a seven grand
> full frame M but then somehow looking over at the $1400 1.5 crop Fuji in 
> the
> same breath?
> Here's what I came up with:
> $7000 - $1400 = $5600.00 savings
> And also:
> $7000/$1400 = 5.0
> 
> So if you last minute having saved seven grand for the M  but then get the 
> X
> instead you have $5600 burning a hole in your back pocket that can buy you
> exactly four more X's.
> That's quite a discrepancy of dreams!
> ... Or an extra lens and a trip around the world.
> 
> Its like "oh boy I get to finally buy that Rolls Royce now but maybe that
> Honda Civic will also get me there?"
> Or as we say in the US of A:  apples and oranges.
> Or lets say you saved up to get a Harley motorcycle but then got a tuna 
> fish
> sandwich instead? Lots of left over here too for extras:
> Tomatoes
> Cheese.
> Lettuce.
> Pickles
> Rye bread.
> 
> I'm afraid I'm just not seeing the overlap between M dreams and X dreams.
> To me they just don't belong in the same rapid eye movement cycle.
> At very least there's a full tuna on rye separating them.
> 
> 
> On 5/16/13 9:51 PM, "Don Dory" <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> If we are talking about the Fuji X series, the 35mm 1.4 is an excellent
>> lens.  Pretty close focusing and very closely integrated with the "brains"
>> of the XPro to be very low vignette and really pretty flat field.  Results
>> at 1600 were very good noise wise.  Just my two cents thinking about my
>> order for the M240 vs the X series.
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at 
>> summaventures.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> Voigt 40/1.4 at $449? I think you've said that you have the M-adapter.
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> On 16/05/2013 19:27, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>>> My guess is that they wanted to sell enough X100and now X100s before
>>> releasing the lens on its own.
>>>> Jayanand
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>> 
>>>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:46 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 16, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
>>>>> gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Well, I have that, and that is what I generally use, but a fast 35mm
>>> would be perfect for the streets!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> patience,  coming soon from several sources
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Steve
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Jayanand
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 16-May-2013, at 11:27 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> There's the Fujinon 18 - 55 zoom.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 15/05/2013 11:09, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>>>>>>> Way too expensive compared to Fuji's excellent offerings. They 
>>>>>>>> cannot
>>>>>>>> be worth that much of a premium. In fact I just ordered the Fuji
>>> 14mm,
>>>>>>>> after seeing the disparity in price with the Zeiss. I am paying the
>>>>>>>> equivalent of US$750 for the 14mm. Now, if they had the sense to
>>>>>>>> release a 23mm - the gaping hole in Fuji's line up - it might have
>>>>>>>> been different, I would have been sorely tempted.
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> Jayanand
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at 
>>>>>>>> me.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Just seen these lovely lenses from Zeiss. Bit pricey but should be
>>> superb!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Carl_Zeiss_Touit_12mm_f2-8/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>>>>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
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