Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re: The slippery slope - "digital"?
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun Dec 24 07:16:43 2006
References: <122420060648.18664.458E22CD0002D040000048E82200735446040C02019C990E04@comcast.net> <003d01c7276b$5857ee10$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto>

The 200 f2 is a Nikon masterpiece. A beautiful hunk of glass. I still  
find it a little heavy though. I wouldn't walk around without at  
least a mono pod for over a half hour. I had it for 6 months and  
ended up trading it in for a new M7 and 50 Summilux. I still wish I  
had it though. I just found I could not justify having it for the  
type of photography I do.

By the way I know a fellow who has 5 EF200 f1.8 lenses new in the  
box. He won't sell them though. And he's not a dealer.

Len



On Dec 24, 2006, at 9:53 AM, Christopher Williams wrote:

> Not only a 200/f2, but a VR 200/f2. :) And it's not as big as you'd  
> think.
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mcyclwritr@comcast.net>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 1:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] The slippery slope - "digital"?
>
>
>> Zounds, a fast 200mm to which even Nikonoids may cleave.
>>
>> -Chris Lawson, wondering if the Bokeh King EF200mm f/1.8L will  
>> soon crash dive from rare and amazing to just plain oboslete. And
> amazing.
>>
>>  From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com>
>>> The Japanese optical industry is/has removed lead especially and  
>>> most other
>>> heavy(toxic) metals from their optical glass over the last five  
>>> years or
>>> so.  The hazards to the workers in the smelters became too  
>>> apparant to
>>> tolerate any more.  The Canon folks assured me that as they  
>>> figured out
>>> optical glasses that don't use toxic materials they would re- 
>>> issue a similar
>>> lens; with the good success of the Nikon 200 F2 you can bet that  
>>> Canon will
>>> bring out a revised version fairly soon.
>>>
>>> 0.02
>>>
>>> Don
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re: The slippery slope - "digital"?)
In reply to: Message from mcyclwritr at comcast.net (mcyclwritr@comcast.net) ([Leica] The slippery slope - "digital"?)
Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re: The slippery slope - "digital"?)