Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] LUG membership
From: denik at comcast.net (Dennis Kushner)
Date: Sun Oct 22 17:04:12 2006
References: <000001c6f617$740f5380$1f6e0e44@newukolbqveo9i>

For an average price of $50, recommend the 50/1.4 SMCT
screwmount & step a few feet closer.

Dennis


On Oct 22, 2006, at 4:20 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> Had he been willing to give up 1/10 of an f/stop, he could have bought 
> an 85
> F1.9 SMC TAKUMAR from KEH (Ex+) for $310.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Hemenway
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 3:14 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG membership
>
>
> And yet old screw-mount lenses are selling for relatively high prices.
>
> See this item at ebay: 290039855648   
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yn4h8b
>
> I'm guessing that it'll be used on a Pentax digital SLR.
>
> Jim
>
>
> Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
>> That means he is the 2nd 1000th subscriber. The other one happened
>> when the numbers were going *down* from 2000.
>>
>> I was just considering to myself what Cosina will do next, in light of
>> the digital influence you mention here. If you were to prohibit
>> digital talk on the LUG these days, I think the membership might drop
>> to 50. It is sad to see this happening to 35mm film cameras. If you
>> really want to read the handwriting on the wall, go to Adorama and try
>> to buy a decent 35mm SLR. You have exactly five choices: Nikon, Canon,
>> Leica, Vivitar, and Phoenix (did I say decent? Then we are down to
>> Nikon, Canon, and Leica). No Pentax, no Olympus, no Minolta. I tried
>> to buy a 35mm Pentax SLR body a while back. I finally had to settle
>> for a used Pentax *ist from KEH.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>> http://www.400tx.com
>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>>
>
>
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