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andybarton · January 6th, 2007, 11:58 AM

Over the past four years of Leica addiction (sorry...

) ownership, I have collected a few lenses, but as I am sure many will find, there's always something interesting that isn't in your bag or on your shelf.

My recent purchase of a 19mm for the R8 was an impulse buy while just browsing in a London dealer. I had been on the look out for one for a while, and as they are not very common, "had" to buy it when I saw it.

Well, yesterday, another dealer in London (not one of the big, Pied Bull or Southampton Row specialists) had an M35 f2 ASPH in mint- condition in the window at a good price AND a mint- 60 Macro Elmarit-R, also at a good price. The 60 in particular I have been thinking about for a while, but a decent 35 for my M2 would also be on my list.

If it wasn't just after Christmas, I would have been very tempted by one or other (or may both at a stretch).

It's a little like buying shoes, or a suit. When you're not in the market, you can always find a pair of shoes you like the look of. When you do want a pair, it takes ages to find something that suits...

cbretteville · January 6th, 2007, 12:11 PM

All this sounds very familiar....
- Carl

erl · January 6th, 2007, 12:48 PM

. . . . also quite dangerous.

Yesterday, I went out to buy some fish for dinner and came back with two leather chairs for my office. My wife was most put out, because I forgot the fish.

Cheers,
Erl

bindrar · January 6th, 2007, 01:10 PM

Oh dear - I thought I was the only one. I went to pick up my ordered 75 f2 and came out with a R180 f4 as well (in September). But then my local dealer had a 180 f2.8 in his window with 2x extender as well as a R35 f2 (in December). Now what shall I do? The missus would never spot the differences between the tele lenses and the 35 is so close to a 50 she also wouldnt know?

TimF · January 6th, 2007, 01:45 PM

The only bus that comes through where I live (and on which, as a non-driver, I am heavily reliant) is in imminent danger of being scrapped due to falling numbers of passengers. I hope there isn't an equivalent moral here.

arthury · January 6th, 2007, 04:21 PM

Yes, indeed, Andy, I totally agree with you.

For the M8 users, these "buses" also need to be numbered so that the camera knows where they are going.

But, they are still cool buses, though.

sthan · January 6th, 2007, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erl

. . . . also quite dangerous.

Yesterday, I went out to buy some fish for dinner and came back with two leather chairs for my office. My wife was most put out, because I forgot the fish.

Cheers,
Erl

Haha, Erl,
This is the most hilarious post of the year

gvaliquette · January 6th, 2007, 05:42 PM

I know the feeling very well!

Recently, I have been lusting for a 35mm f2.8 Elmarit-R, although I already have the 35mm f2.0 'cron-R. Now, try to justify that to her.

Guy

elansprint72 · January 6th, 2007, 11:31 PM

Hey, even I have this problem and my cameras are a D2 and a V-Lux1

Pete.

fernando_b · January 8th, 2007, 01:08 PM

Andy,
how much I understand!
I'm trying to convince myself that absolutely can't live without an R90 APO...
Fernando.

wizard · January 8th, 2007, 04:40 PM

There is a cure to this "disease"

. By the time you own 'em all, or at least almost all of them, the urge will go away. Of course, the critical point in time will be when Leica introduces a new lens...

Cheers,

Andy

masjah · January 8th, 2007, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fernando_b

Andy,
how much I understand!
I'm trying to convince myself that absolutely can't live without an R90 APO...
Fernando.

Fernando

Believe me, you can't live without the R90/2 AA.

cmb_ · January 9th, 2007, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erl

. . . . also quite dangerous.

Yesterday, I went out to buy some fish for dinner and came back with two leather chairs for my office. My wife was most put out, because I forgot the fish.

Cheers,
Erl

That is hilarious. However, if your wife had her wits about her she would have immediately demanded that the chairs be dismantled suspecting that they were being used to smuggle in Leica gear concealed in the innards of the cushions.

erl · January 9th, 2007, 12:36 AM

Charles, I have learned one thing and that is to ALWAYS buy black bodies AND never display more than one at a time. That way she thinks they are all the same camera. Even I don't know how many I have! Ah, the beauty of a camera design that never really changes its look.

The other day I was talking to her about all the M8's that have to go back for modification. Poor guys, I said. "When does yours go back?" she replied. Hmmm.

Does she know more than I realize?

Cheers,
Erl

k_g_wolf · January 9th, 2007, 07:52 AM

>> Erl

Your wife - most likely - is more clever than you imagine.

That way she keeps you going and not hassling her girlfriend or a PORSCHE ...

Best

fernando_b · January 9th, 2007, 08:51 AM

John,
the problem is that one highlighted by Andy, why the 90 and not the 100 APO macro?
Which of the two best suites my R bodies?
Frequently I use lenses wide open so I'd like f/2, and frequently I use elpro for "pseudo-macro" with 50 cron, so I'd like the 100 macro. Which of the two?
May be it will take an year to choose: next Santa Claus gift to myself?
Fernando.

erl · January 9th, 2007, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by k_g_wolf

>> Erl

Your wife - most likely - is more clever than you imagine.

That way she keeps you going and not hassling her girlfriend or a PORSCHE ...

Best

Ah, yes Karl. You see, we both 'know each other'. I guess she really knows that when I say "the poor guys", she knows I am really talking about myself. Likewise, when she says, "and when does yours go back", she is really saying, " I know, I know", it will be back soon and you can go on pretending it's really that antique you had had all along.

Such is the amusement of the 'later' part of married life.

Cheers,
Erl

k_g_wolf · January 9th, 2007, 10:48 AM

.... AND a bit of LEICA-life at the same time is not too bad either.

Best

Karl

dhsimmonds · January 9th, 2007, 11:52 AM

A London Leica dealer told me last year that he has a good customer who has special pockets stitched into the lining of his coat, always discards the Leica boxes and foam packing in the shop, just to smuggle his new lens purchases into his house and past his wife!

Imagine the antics he gets up to just to retrieve his purchases after arriving home! Not a bad idea though except that I like to keep the boxes.

masjah · January 9th, 2007, 08:42 PM

Fernando

I see - oh dear, it looks as if you need to buy both then! (I've no experience of the 100 Macro - like you I use the Elpros and the Macro Adapter with the 50/2.) I don't do a huge amount of macro work, so I can manage just fine with this - though the greater camera to subject distance of the 100 would be very nice, as well as its supreme quality.

January 6th, 2007, 11:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
andybarton Moderator Join Date: June 21st, 2006 Location: Airstrip 1 - 53:17:00N 03:04:00W Posts: 6,916	Lenses are like buses Over the past four years of Leica addiction (sorry... ) ownership, I have collected a few lenses, but as I am sure many will find, there's always something interesting that isn't in your bag or on your shelf. My recent purchase of a 19mm for the R8 was an impulse buy while just browsing in a London dealer. I had been on the look out for one for a while, and as they are not very common, "had" to buy it when I saw it. Well, yesterday, another dealer in London (not one of the big, Pied Bull or Southampton Row specialists) had an M35 f2 ASPH in mint- condition in the window at a good price AND a mint- 60 Macro Elmarit-R, also at a good price. The 60 in particular I have been thinking about for a while, but a decent 35 for my M2 would also be on my list. If it wasn't just after Christmas, I would have been very tempted by one or other (or may both at a stretch). It's a little like buying shoes, or a suit. When you're not in the market, you can always find a pair of shoes you like the look of. When you do want a pair, it takes ages to find something that suits... __________________ Cheers, Andy ___________________________ 2008 Spring Collection now released

January 6th, 2007, 12:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
cbretteville Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: February 18th, 2004 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 1,388	Re: Lenses are like buses All this sounds very familiar.... - Carl __________________ The M8 Metadata project

January 6th, 2007, 12:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
erl Moderator Join Date: August 16th, 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,076	Re: Lenses are like buses . . . . also quite dangerous. Yesterday, I went out to buy some fish for dinner and came back with two leather chairs for my office. My wife was most put out, because I forgot the fish. Cheers, Erl

January 6th, 2007, 01:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
bindrar Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: April 24th, 2006 Posts: 506	Re: Lenses are like buses Oh dear - I thought I was the only one. I went to pick up my ordered 75 f2 and came out with a R180 f4 as well (in September). But then my local dealer had a 180 f2.8 in his window with 2x extender as well as a R35 f2 (in December). Now what shall I do? The missus would never spot the differences between the tele lenses and the 35 is so close to a 50 she also wouldnt know?

January 6th, 2007, 01:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
TimF Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: January 25th, 2003 Posts: 337	Re: Lenses are like buses The only bus that comes through where I live (and on which, as a non-driver, I am heavily reliant) is in imminent danger of being scrapped due to falling numbers of passengers. I hope there isn't an equivalent moral here.

January 6th, 2007, 04:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
arthury Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: August 21st, 2003 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 807	Re: Lenses are like buses Yes, indeed, Andy, I totally agree with you. For the M8 users, these "buses" also need to be numbered so that the camera knows where they are going. But, they are still cool buses, though.

January 6th, 2007, 05:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
gvaliquette Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: March 21st, 2006 Posts: 195	AW: Lenses are like buses I know the feeling very well! Recently, I have been lusting for a 35mm f2.8 Elmarit-R, although I already have the 35mm f2.0 'cron-R. Now, try to justify that to her. Guy

January 6th, 2007, 11:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
elansprint72 Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: August 27th, 2005 Location: Utterly, Up North. Posts: 5,449	Re: Lenses are like buses Hey, even I have this problem and my cameras are a D2 and a V-Lux1 Pete. __________________ Gruß, Pete. f64 group http://www.petetaylor.org New gallery added, 18th June..........

January 8th, 2007, 01:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
fernando_b Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: September 9th, 2005 Posts: 502	Re: Lenses are like buses Andy, how much I understand! I'm trying to convince myself that absolutely can't live without an R90 APO... Fernando.

January 8th, 2007, 04:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
wizard Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: December 5th, 2002 Posts: 1,882	AW: Lenses are like buses There is a cure to this "disease" . By the time you own 'em all, or at least almost all of them, the urge will go away. Of course, the critical point in time will be when Leica introduces a new lens... Cheers, Andy

January 9th, 2007, 12:36 AM	#14 (permalink)
erl Moderator Join Date: August 16th, 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,076	Re: Lenses are like buses Charles, I have learned one thing and that is to ALWAYS buy black bodies AND never display more than one at a time. That way she thinks they are all the same camera. Even I don't know how many I have! Ah, the beauty of a camera design that never really changes its look. The other day I was talking to her about all the M8's that have to go back for modification. Poor guys, I said. "When does yours go back?" she replied. Hmmm. Does she know more than I realize? Cheers, Erl

January 9th, 2007, 07:52 AM	#15 (permalink)
k_g_wolf Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: September 25th, 2002 Posts: 563	Re: Lenses are like buses >> Erl Your wife - most likely - is more clever than you imagine. That way she keeps you going and not hassling her girlfriend or a PORSCHE ... Best

January 9th, 2007, 08:51 AM	#16 (permalink)
fernando_b Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: September 9th, 2005 Posts: 502	Re: Lenses are like buses John, the problem is that one highlighted by Andy, why the 90 and not the 100 APO macro? Which of the two best suites my R bodies? Frequently I use lenses wide open so I'd like f/2, and frequently I use elpro for "pseudo-macro" with 50 cron, so I'd like the 100 macro. Which of the two? May be it will take an year to choose: next Santa Claus gift to myself? Fernando.

January 9th, 2007, 10:48 AM	#18 (permalink)
k_g_wolf Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: September 25th, 2002 Posts: 563	Re: Lenses are like buses .... AND a bit of LEICA-life at the same time is not too bad either. Best Karl

January 9th, 2007, 11:52 AM	#19 (permalink)
dhsimmonds Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: February 4th, 2005 Location: Hampshire, U.K. Posts: 468	Re: Lenses are like buses A London Leica dealer told me last year that he has a good customer who has special pockets stitched into the lining of his coat, always discards the Leica boxes and foam packing in the shop, just to smuggle his new lens purchases into his house and past his wife! Imagine the antics he gets up to just to retrieve his purchases after arriving home! Not a bad idea though except that I like to keep the boxes. __________________ Cheers, Dave www.simmondsphotography.com

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