Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] My first magazine cover :-)
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:11:44 -0700
References: <CC9F91DD.24BFA%mark@rabinergroup.com> <CC9F926C.24C03%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark, thanks!

I think the $750 one must be a 85/4 and not the F2. Otherwise, it's a steal
:-)

I once did a focus shift test and it seems to be OK. Basically I don't
worry about it too much unless it's really bad. I seem to recall that the
focus on mine is OK at wide open so I am happy there.

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> Its NOW going for less than a grand.
> Not not.
> $750
> A STEAL if the focus shift thing is BS.
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
> > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:47:09 -0400
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] My first magazine cover :-)
> >
> > As the lens is hand assembled in Oberkochen  and originally went for 3
> and a
> > half grand I think if you used the word "Zeiss" instead of ZM nobodies
> going
> > to yell and scream.
> > Its not going for less than a grand I think because of focus shift
> rumors.
> > You seemed to get THAT one in focus. Looks great!
> >
> > Mark William Rabiner
> > Photography
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
> >
> >
> >> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:32:33 -0700
> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] My first magazine cover :-)
> >>
> >> BTW, this is almost certainly with the ZM 85/2.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Richard Man
> >> <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> My first magazine cover :-) On the cover of "Witches and Pagan"
> >>>
> >>>
>
> http://www.bbimedia.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=42_56&p
> >>>
> r
> >>> oducts_id=543
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >>
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-- 
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


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