Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/03

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Subject: [Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Wed Dec 3 14:50:27 2008
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Hola Nathan,

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy it soon mounted on an M8

Saludos cordiales
Lluis



El 03/12/2008, a las 8:32, Nathan Wajsman escribi?:

> ...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
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Replies: Reply from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] My first Leica purchase in several years...)