Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] 35-70/2.8 out of production ???
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:41:56 -0700
References: <B5692EC7.555B%alexpix@worldnet.att.net>

b.d. wrote:

>Hi, Steven - You may have really gotten to it...that the folks who count are
>the collectors, not the users. Because, first, there is nothing exotic or
>special about a 35-70 2.8. Zoom...it is a standard PJ lens in autofocus for
>both Nikon and Canon....and, second, the pricing of many items is utterly
>ludicrous.....what will be interesting to see in the longish but not
>eternally long run is how the Leica rangefinder franchise holds up against
>serious competition...If the Konica Hexar RF bodies prove to be reliable,
>there may not be an M around much longer....


hey b.d. -

will that be before or after the world comes to an end?

(just curious.)

guy

In reply to: Message from Steven Alexander <alexpix@worldnet.att.net> (Re: [Leica] 35-70/2.8 out of production ???)