Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/15

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] Motor Driver R8
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@neteze.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:07:38 -0800

sometime around 12/15/99 10:41 AM, Martin Howard at howard.390@osu.edu was
heard  to write:

> And if $5395 is insane for a 180/2.0, B&H quotes the following:
> 
> Canon   200/1.8   $4159
> Contax  200/2.0   $7099
> Nikon   200/2.0   $4625 (manual focus)
> 
> Reality check for Contax, anyone? ;)

Martin, the Contax used to be $12,000 until Contax owners balked. That was
when the 300 2.8 Tele Apo Tessar was $25,000. Now it's a measly $14,000.
Talk about insane!

- --

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.neteze.com/ewelch

Zen master to hotdog vendor. "Make me one with everything."