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Subject: [Leica] So, did the price of DMR' s just plummet? If so, I might be tempted to buy another one.
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com)
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:56:38 -0500 (CDT)

Go to Leica's website it is there.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 11:04:12 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Leica] So, did the price of DMR' s just plummet? If so, I 
might be tempted to buy another one.

I thought I'd read that a new S was out without a number after it but can't
find it for nothin. Anyone have a URL mentioning it it would be appreciated.
Hard to google Leica S NaN.

Maybe advanced Leica S NO 2? I bet that would work!

Mark William Rabiner
Photography
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/


> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:17:56 +1000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] So, did the price of DMR's just plummet? If so, I 
> might
> be tempted to buy another one.
> 
> Locally at least some dealers have been instructed to buy used R lenses
> again for the last few weeks. I think you missed the boat on cheap R lenses
> some time back anyway (with the Canon option)
> Probably you wouldn't buy one just to use a couple of short R lenses,
> Vick???
>  But what about those folks with a cupboard full of the magnificent long
> APO Summicron Rs etc?'
> My initial impression is that M shooters with a lot of M lenses and still
> some of the top line R ones might find this attractive? I bet that Leica
>  sells all of the M's they can make but only a handful of the R stuff for
> them though.
> Starting from scratch it wouldn't make sense to buy into this system. The
> full frame Nikons (or Canon I guess?) with dedicated AF lenses make more
> sense for most folks... but then Leica enthusiasts aren't most folks ;-)
> Interesting that all but one R lens owner I know so far is not overly
> impressed.
> 
> Back in 2009 when I was in Germany, Stefan Daniel said there would be no
> R10 or conventional dSLR from them but there would be a means to use R
> lenses, Still true.
> 
> Anyone else notice the new S as well????
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> 
> On 18 September 2012 10:34, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>> So, did the price of DMR's just plummet?  If so, I might be tempted to buy
>> another one.
>> 
>> And, the price of R lenses that overlap the M range, did they just plummet
>> too?
>> 
>> ergo, why would you want the 80/1.4 when the 75/1.4 can now be focused
>> accurately with Live View, and compensated for any focus shift?
>> 
>> ....idle thoughts when I should be doing homework....
>> 
>> Vick
>> 
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