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

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Subject: [Leica] Re: The slippery slope - "digital"?
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Dec 24 14:52:55 2006
References: <122420060648.18664.458E22CD0002D040000048E82200735446040C02019C990E04@comcast.net> <003d01c7276b$5857ee10$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto> <90F81225-0877-4E49-92F2-BDFED32226B1@comcast.net>

You should have lifted the 300 f2 then.  :)

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 12/24/06, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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 len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] Re: The slippery slope - "digital"?)
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Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Re: The slippery slope - "digital"?)
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