Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ray, Arrgh, you do know my fetish for chrome lenses! ;-) Joseph <- surrounded by a dozen of chrome Summilux-M 50/1.4! on 26/2/01 1:15 AM, ray tai at razerx@netvigator.com wrote: > Joseph, > > I would have bought this one if didn't have the new version already. The > original chrome Tri-Elmar was released in very small numbers and user wise it > is smoother than the black version. > > Ray > > "Dr. Joseph Yao" wrote: > >> on 25/2/01 10:36 AM, Rolf Katzenstein at rgk@farmington.com wrote: >> >>> WTB, New/Mint Chrome Tri-Elmar. Please contact me off list. >>> Rolf >> >> I also missed out on this lens. When I inquired I was told it was too >> costly to produce and Leica was losing money on this model. In addition, >> they claimed there was not enough demand for it. Now I know Leica could at >> least sell two more! >> >> Let's hope the new Tri-Elmar will be available in chrome also. If they have >> not decided to offer one in chrome, perhaps we should start writing to Leica >> now. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Joseph >