Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ted grant wrote: > Hi Donal, > > Isn'there a 35-350 Canon lens which I understand doesn't cost a tremendous > amount of dollars. But then it's not Angienieux glass either. > > I recall looking through one at the Barcelona Olympics and just about felt > I was knocked of my feet "visually" because another photographer zoomed it > from 35 to 350 very quickly and I wasn't expecting it. A quite amazing > effect. > > Now if someone were to put a to-day dollar value on a Leica lens of that > design everyone on the LUG would have to kick in a pile of money to be > owned by the LUG and we could share it around the world. :) > Great Idea. Sent it here first and just the moment I'm finished I'll send it on to you. Then you can sent it on . . . . I'll probably get to you about the same time as your R8 with motordrive gets to me on loan. Would it be an APOASPH or an ASPHAPO? Or an AaSpPoH? Or A-PO-SPH. And it would be a SuperVario. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com