Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] Leica R lenses on M8
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Tue Jul 17 13:05:42 2007

The $1800 deal is for a Digilux 3.  Actually $1800 would be a real buy for 
an adapter and the soom, as the lens is well over that price to begin with.  
Even the Canon and Nikon zooms of that length are $1800.

Gene

-------------- Original message from GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>: 
-------------- 


> Howard Cummer writes: 
> 
> > I think the number is 222228 
> > I have an adaptor to mount Minolta lenses on M cameras from the same 
> > vintage. Paid Eu 150 for it at the Cologne camera fair last September 
> > - because I thought it was an adaptor for R lenses to M. 
> 
> Hi Howard, 
> 
> $1,800 plus the cost of a new 70-180/2.8 R lens is just too expensive. 
> Leica 
> name or no Leica name on the thing. Even 150 Eu is a tad over what you'd 
> expect 
> to pay. 
> 
> 
> 
> Greg J. Lorenzo 
> Calgary, Alberta 
> 
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