Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's quite a gift! --Peter On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Congratulations! I look forward to your impressions of the "bokeh" that > this lens produces. I have a Canon 50/1.4, but have never used the 1.2. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > On 12/12/2014 11:17 PM, Jay Burleson wrote: > >> I was showing some prints to folks that come into where I work the other >> day, and discussing cameras with some of them. >> One gentleman tells me his dad had a Leica and unfortunately they sold >> all of his cameras and lenses when he died years ago. >> BUT... >> He continues to say a few weeks ago he was getting ready to move, and >> looked in a box that had negs and prints that his dad took, and he found a >> smaller box that had, as he said "some old Canon lens." >> So I said bring it in & I'll look at it. >> >> He did so, today, and GAVE me a pristine Canon 50mm f/1.2 LTM lens, >> complete with the leather lens case & both original caps. >> It also had the original hood and a yellow filter, with the leather case >> that holds both of those. >> >> I can't wait to get a proper LTM adapter & go out and play with it on the >> Monochrom... >> >> http://tinyurl.com/mfa6mz9 >> >> >> Jay >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >