Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well Brian, You will love this lens. Almost the same shallow dof as the Noct but far sharper with fine detail rendition that is simply marvelous. It is however slightly more prone to flare so chimp a little in trying situations. Now send the Noct off to be calibrated as it's cam is ever so slightly off. Enjoy! On 7/12/07, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > > A few weeks ago I posted this message: > > > In today's mail I got a Passport warranty for a lens that I do not have. > > > > I've been wanting a 50 for quite a while, and this nonexistent lens is a > > 50/1.4. > > > > Hmmmmmm....I'm thinking that I ought to call Leica and say that I lost > my > > lens, and here's the Passport warranty for it, can I please have a > > replacement... Except that I think they'll ask to see the receipt. > > > Today the lens to which it corresponds arrived. I can't blame Leica for > this > delay; UPS delivered it to the wrong address and it took this long for the > recipient to get around to bringing it to me. > > My M8 came with a certificate good for a discount on one lens, and this is > the one I ordered. That was half a year ago and I had forgotten all about > it. > Since it wasn't technically something that I had ordered (it was being > sent > to me under a special program) there was no order number or tracking > number > that I could have used to locate it. > > But now it has located me, and I'm glad. > > This lens is so small and light compared to the 50 I've been using all > these > years (Nocti). Tra la. > > Brian Reid > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com