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Subject: [Leica] 35mm 1.4 and be there
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:19:58 -0700
References: <C8B7F0A7.37BD%mark@rabinergroup.com> <4EE1FA33-1303-4547-973E-78B5FFABE126@mac.com>

One would think that there is some kind of anti-trust price fixing going on, 
not that the DoJ or FTC would give a hoot.
S.d.

On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Chris Williams wrote:

> Christ almighty.
> 
> The Nikon 35/1.4 will be $1799 which is about $50 less than the Zeiss 
> 35/1.4 for Nikon.
> 
> 
> Chris Williams
> www.zoeicaimages.net
> www.rebirthworkshops.com
> 504-231-6261
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> February 19,2000 yours truly celebrated the new world era by blowing a 
>> cool
>> $1,495 on a late breaking ASPH f2 Summicron M figuring he most be some 
>> kind
>> of &^%$ millionaire but some uncle died and was in the flush. (replacement
>> cost last I looked $2,795)
>> The new at the time 1.4 ASPH looked the same and weighed the same but was 
>> a
>> stop faster and a grand more money. So I opted for the low priced spread.
>> You could have gotten 4 or 5 Canon or nikon lenses for that money.
>> F 2 has always struck me as "fast" I don't care what the focal length.
>> It did re invent the quality of work I'd been getting and have a shot I 
>> did
>> at night in Boston hand held which people think is medium format I shot 
>> with
>> Delta 400 in Xtol 1:3. I think I have it here in NY. A 11x14 darkroom 
>> print.
>> Not sure if I have a similar shot done with nikon glass but this shot does
>> get an oooh or aaaah from the preview audience.
>> 
>> September 15 2010
>> Late breaking news after waiting for decades for Nikon to stop cranking 
>> out
>> mindless zooms it comes out with an AF 35mm lens I can really use. An f 
>> 1.4
>> AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G For a heaping #2,652!!!
>> 
>> I thought things would be cheaper shooting Nikon but I'm plagued with bad
>> luck in this particular time warp continuum on that account. Time to get a
>> night job as a watchman in Coney Island.
>> 
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091511nikon35mm.asp
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>> --------------------
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> mark at rabinergroup.com
>> 
>> 
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Replies: Reply from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] 35mm 1.4 and be there)
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Message from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] 35mm 1.4 and be there)