Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Russar?
From: Chandos Michael Brown <cmbrow@mail.wm.edu>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:10:48 -0400

I'll second Marc's experience.  I bought my Russar of a table full of 
Russian photographica at the Swarte Markt (flea market) in Alkmaar in the 
Netherlands.  Had a choice of about a half-dozen finders so chose the one 
that I liked best.  This little lens continues to astonish me and performs 
well even against the standards of the 21/2.8 Biogon I use on the G 
system.  I'd like a Heliar, but can't quite bring myself to fork out the 
bucks--I paid USD$120.00 for the Russar and finder--which sets a pretty 
tough price to performance ratio to beat.

Chandos


At 09:21 AM 8/21/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>No, I had no problem finding a good Russar -- the first one I bought, I
>purchased sight-unseen from Mark Chaney, and it has been a true gem.



Chandos Michael Brown
Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies
College of William and Mary

http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown