On Sep 19, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote:
> A nice toybox to be sure. Yes, and much of it sourced very inexpensively. The Leica R stuff, for instance, cost me less than a middle price Pentax lens. They're lenses made in '65 to '82, top notch quality. Pick one up and you know how well made it is... And still fully supported by parts and service at Leica USA, to my astonishment. (Part of that acquisition was a pair of Leicaflex SL bodies. The oldest lens in the batch was designed for the original Leicaflex and needs an update to support the SL metering indication. Leica still has the parts and will still do the update. It costs more than the lens is worth nowadays—the lens is worth about $350 to sell, the update would cost about the same thing—and not necessary for my intended use, but it is really nice to have the manufacturer fully back their products even 48 years later.) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
