Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/11/06

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Subject: [Leica] conductor photo***
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 06:02:39 +0000
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This is the equivalent for my dealer from Sony ;-) I have been sent Leica 
lenses to try before buying....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> As it is, that is what I do. Both the dealers I buy equipment from allow 
> me to
> take the item I am interested in out for half an hour and take shots. Not 
> very
> comprehensive, but better than nothing!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 11:22 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> wrote:
> > My dealer (a few 100km away) has a sample in for an hour or so next week.
> I have asked if he is allowed to take and keep raw images and if any M 
> mount
> lenses <35mm in stock......
> >
> > Most of these sites (Steve Huff, Lloyd Chambers, Ken Rockwell) are trying
> to keep viewer numbers up and buy things on click-throughs. I see a fair 
> bit
> of reverse snobbery, 'look you can get a Leica beater for less than $1000' 
> etc,
> got to keep the mass of the population interested.
> >
> > john
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> Steve Huff does not seem to have met a piece of equipment that he
> >> does not like either. I just went through his site for the first time 
> >> today....
> >> Probably the best way to figure out if the Sony A7r is for you or not
> >> is to hire a body for a few days, put the lenses you want to use on
> >> it, and figure it out for yourself. If I had access to equipment
> >> rentals, this is what I would do for every piece of equipment I buy.
> >> Cheers
> >> Jayanand
> > 


In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
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Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
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Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] conductor photo***)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] conductor photo***)