Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23

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Subject: [Leica] re low light kit
From: Neil Frankish <nfrnkish@dux4.tcd.ie>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:25:53 +0100
 
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:12:39 -0000
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: [Leica] low light kit

but given the high
> prices in Ireland
> on one hand, and buying it in a package deal on the other,
> the $8-900 US
> that I ended up paying for it maybe wasn't so bad? The major cosmetic
> defect being a ding on the pull out lens shade.

>So let me understand this...You actually managed to get a 75 Summilux with a
>couple cosmetic dings - but no problems with glass or function - for
>$800-900 U.S.? CONGRATS! That's what we in the US call a STEAL!!!!

Actually, I've just checked the price of a new 35 1.4 stateside, and the 75
1.4 actually works out at the equivalent of US$700... so I'm even more
pleased. Though there is one black speck on one element..... ;-)

What about chronology, a new shade etc?