Frank, You do not know how tempted I am, but I can barely exercise my collection at the moment.
I will stay in the Pentax arena for the moment. Though, I love going to the Leica Gallery in NYC whenever I get the chance and have to think twice and long about not purchasing a Leica :-) Cesar Panama City, Florida P.S. If you both make it to GFMtn next year I know that Bill will have plenty of homebrew to celebrate. I have already made it known to the triathlon race director that if he wants my support for his one of his races he cannot make it at the same time as NPW at GFMtn. -- -----Original Message----- -- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:45 PM -- -- I suspect that many of you expect this, but what the hell, -- I'm nothing -- if not predictable, right? <vbg> -- -- This is a wonderful camera, as Cotty describes in this auction. It's -- smaller than it looks in the photos - it looks to the unsuspecting -- subject like a little p&s, when in reality it's a serious -- photographic -- instrument. The first Leica ever with ttl metering. Just -- in case you -- do some research that questions it's reliability (the swinging meter -- cell was a problem), the current thought is that the bad ones broke -- early. Pretty much all the ones still around are solid, and -- likely to -- continue going for a long time. -- -- And, that lens! By far the sharpest that I own. Even over -- at LUG, it -- has a great reputation. One of the best that Leica ever made, is how -- I've seen it described, and I believe it. -- -- You should bid on it now. Cotty needs to get to GFM!! -- -- BTW, Cotty, I do have the original hood (becoming more and more rare, -- btw, as the flexible rubber cracks over time), but I don't -- have a lens -- cap. They're sooooo hard to find. Maybe you sell me yours, -- and take it -- out of the auction? (just kidding). -- -- And, no, I'm not shilling for Cotty, but I think you owe me -- a beer for -- this one. I just can't remember where we are on this drink thing. I -- think about even. Should we both make it to GFM next year, -- we'll just -- have to drink our faces off, buyer be damned! <vbg> -- -- cheers, -- frank -- -- Cotty wrote: -- -- > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2952024579 -- > -- > Leica CL + 40mm Summicron C for sale on eBay. My auction. Thanks. -- > -- > Cheers, -- > Cotty -- > -- > ___/\__ -- > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps -- > _____________________________ -- > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- -- -- -- "Hell is others" -- -Jean Paul Sartre -- --
