[Leica] opening bell

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Austin, that would be "as new"

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Austin Burbridge
<lightandpower at gmail.com>wrote:

> Geoff, as I am not a regular seller -- or buyer for that matter -- I
> would appreciate any clariification you may be willing to offer, about
> how folks here rate condition.
>
> For instance, I have a pre-ASPH 50/1:1.4 Summilux which I bought new.
>
> It was mounted exactly once on my M6 in order to shoot a test roll,
> and then never used again. (The subject for which the thing was
> purchased, died unexpectedly!)
>
> Would that be called, "new," or "mint," or something else -- ?
>
> Thanking you -- and all LUGgers -- for your kind help --
>
> A U S T I N ,
>
> Austin Burbridge,
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Those are the 'rules' Austin! We are asked to limit For Sale ads or
> Wanted
> > To Buys to Fridays on Kiribati time zone.
> > You can offer whatever you like as long as its legal. Some more organised
> > people put FS or WTB in the message title.
> >
> > 2009/9/18 Austin Burbridge <lightandpower at gmail.com>
> >
> >> Please, where can I read up on the rules for "For-sale Friday"?
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:01 AM,  <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> >> > In the village of Kirimati, in the country of Kiribati, it
> >> > is just after sunrise (06:01) on Friday, so the Leica
> >> > Users Group 'For-sale Friday' is officially open for
> >> > business.
> >> >
> >> > Kirimati is pronounced "Kee-ree-mass" and Kiribati is
> >> > prounced "Kee-ree-bus". The island is known both as
> >> > Kirimati and Kiritimati. Kiritimati is pronounced
> >> > "Kee-ri-see-mass". (Say it out loud.) When it was an
> >> > English colony, it was  known as Christmas Island. There
> >> > is another unrelated island with that name (an Australian
> >> > territory in the Indian ocean). Kirimati is part of the
> >> > Line Islands archipelago.
> >> >
> >> > Kirimati is big enough to have two hotels and air service.
> >> > Despite its being a former British nuclear test site, it
> >> > is now safe in terms of radiation hazard. There is a lot
> >> > of cast-off military hardware littering the edges of the
> >> > island, but it serves more as a replacement for pandanus
> >> > leaves in the roofs of huts than as a danger. Piles of
> >> > rusting scrap metal serve as landmarks.
> >> >
> >> > There is spectacular fishing for bonefish on the shallow
> >> > sand flats around the island.  It's slow film country; the
> >> > light is incredibly intense, being very near the equator.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > NO ARCHIVE
> >> > server1:~/cals/leicafriday1.sh
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> >
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
> > The new LEICA M9
> > Passion for perfect pictures.
> > http://www.m.leica-camera.com
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
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> >
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