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Subject: [Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Wed Dec 3 12:37:20 2008
References: <A90C2287-C142-40F5-BB94-699B7154E214@frozenlight.eu><a3f189160812031202u7d6f2ad2k4b03b63cc1cfc878@mail.gmail.com><BE34017C8EEB4606AA14A5BC008DF524@xyw> <a3f189160812031235k100a91cdnaa58f58a70f7f797@mail.gmail.com>

Actually, ahead of a friend who wanted it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 03 December, 2008 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...


> Did I get in ahead of you?
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, A. Lal <alal@duke.poly.edu> wrote:
>
>> Ah Ha! So you're the one. ;-).
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, 03 December, 2008 3:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...
>>
>>
>>  I bought a 75 from the same dealer.  It arrived today after eight days 
>> of
>>> travel.  Part of that was over the holiday and weekend.  I've ordered a
>>> lens
>>> hood from one of the HK dealers.  I use them on my Pentax lenses, and 
>>> for
>>> $15 bucks they do the same job as the Leica ones.  My IR cut filter is
>>> coming from Popflash.  Amazing world we live in, huh?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  ...is a new 35mm Summarit, just arrived yesterday from Australia. The
>>>> lens
>>>> feels very good, every bit as solid as the Summicrons etc. Now I am 
>>>> just
>>>> missing one tiny bit of kit to be able to actually take pictures with 
>>>> it
>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> One peeve, however, is that the lens hood is not built in nor included
>>>> with
>>>> the lens--you have to buy it separately. I think it is a bit cheesy, 
>>>> not
>>>> so
>>>> much because of the money, but because of the hassle of having to hunt
>>>> around for it on the web. I live in the Third World as far as Leica is
>>>> concerned: the nearest Leica dealer is in Valencia, 180 km away, and 
>>>> the
>>>> nearest good dealers are in Barcelona (550 km) or Madrid (430 km). Even
>>>> then, I am not sure if they would have that particular item in stock, 
>>>> so
>>>> I
>>>> just ordered it from B&H. But in the end I would rather pay a bit more
>>>> for
>>>> the lens and have the hood included.
>>>>
>>>> Well, I guess I should not complain too much, given that I paid $1414 
>>>> for
>>>> the lens--but those were Australian dollars :-)
>>>>
>>>> Nathan
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>
>>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>> http://www.sonc.com
>>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>> USA
>>>
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>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
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In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...)
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Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...)