Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whew! I thought you might be considering it. Nothing could replace your 280 f/4!!! You deserve a Leica S and if karma really worked you would have one instead of Prince or whoever Leica's latest celebrity is. Tina On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>wrote: > Aram Langhans wrote: > > > > >But the good news is that you would break even?? No out of pocket??? And > >have new(er) equipment.... > > > > > > >>I recently calculated that if I sold all of my R equipment including both > >>the 280mm f/4 APO and the recent, hard-earned backup 280mm f/4 APO I > could > >>afford a well-used S2, an adapter for Contax 645 lenses, a Zeiss 350mm > >>Tele-Apotessar, extension tubes and a 1.4x Mutar. It would do for 99% > of my > >>photos. The other 1% would be covered by a Zeiss Contax 645 120mm > >>APO-Makro-Planar. I have to stop calculating such stuff. > > > > Yup, no out-of-pocket, Zeiss Contax 645 lenses are dirt cheap compared > with S lenses. I'd have no backup equipment, and since it means selling > the 280mm f/4 APO it ain't gonna happen. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com