Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/01

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Subject: [Leica] Early Birthday present
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Tue Jul 1 14:48:28 2008
References: <070120080513.5539.4869BCE9000D2F75000015A3219791299503010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <D1D20F52-01DE-45A2-80D6-782BD1039732@comcast.net>

Gene und Len,

Yes, I too have an understanding wife.  She understands that when she 
wanted a Lexus CS that she saw, she wrote out a check for
it.  I got to drive it home,

My B'day present to myself was a NOS 21mm 2.8 Elmarit pre-Aspheric for 1 
kilobuck.  Store will be nameless.  They even gave
me a certificate to have it 6-bit encoded.  But I have NO digital 
cameras!  So I will give it away,  (No not the lens, the certificate!)

Jerry Lehrer


Leonard Taupier wrote:
> Gene,
>
> You're a very lucky guy with a very understanding wife. I imagine 
> she's very happy you only have one birthday a year. It's a great lens.
>
> Len
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2008, at 1:13 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>
>> Well today we went to Sammy's Camera in Santa Ana, or is it Costa 
>> Mesa?  I was looking for a WA lens, but nothing used, and not 
>> anything else.  Bummer!  But then I noticed a white Leica Box sitting 
>> on the bottom shelf...  A 21 Elmarit Asph!  I managed to give the 
>> poor husband look and after a bit of talking and discussion  She 
>> allowed me to buy the lens for an early birthday present...My 
>> birthday is friday the 4th, so it is a bit early, but I have been 
>> told it is my birthday gift for the next 300 years!  It is also 6 bit 
>> coded for the M8, and it is a chrome version so it is a bit bright 
>> against my black M.  But who cares as it is a very nice lens.  I will 
>> try to post some shots with it in the next few days, but my wireless 
>> access is a bit scarce right now.
>>
>> Gene
>>
>>
>> _


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