Re: 19 2.8 R (NEW)

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Eric, Sounds like Santa came to your house early! I am looking at a used
19/2.8 now and if I can talk the owner who has it on consignment down to
around $1500, I think Santa might come to my house too! It is a marvelous
piece of glass!
- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, 21 November, 1997 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: 19 2.8 R (NEW)

>At 02:44 AM 11/21/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Eric Welch,
>>
>>          >>Well, my 19 came today.......WOW!!!!<<
>>
>>I'm really jealous; that's my next lens. However, If I
>>go crazy, I might get the 15mm as well!
>
>Spread it out, Tom. This lens is not easy to use. You have to get CLOSE to
>the main subject. But boy, optically it's a wonder. Can't wait to shoot
>some chrome with it.
>
>Two would be even tougher to get used to. But I've seen quite reasonable
>prices on the 15 once in a while, relatively speaking, of course. Some day
>I'd like to have one too, but for now, I'm quite happy with this as my
>widest. I still have to pick up a 75 Summilux, and then I'm going to sit
>and wait a while to get anything else.
>==========
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
>
> -Robert R. Coveyou