Thank GOD I am not a leica user.....

[Old-N-Feeble]

But it was GSA pricing from the Las Vegas conference.

LOL!! RIGHT!!

 

[Moopheus]

I know darned well the US govt paid W-A-Y too much for such a specialty item... they always do.

Yeah, who needs actual facts? This is the internet!

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

Yeah, who needs actual facts? This is the internet!

I've worked for Uncle Sam for a long time and I've seen FAR too many rapings of the American taxpayer to cave in. I can't be specific without risk. I'm sure others here will agree.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Cheap for a branch of government that I watched push perfectly good helicopters into the ocean to save deck space. The military probably taught budgeting to the NSA.

You meant GSA?

 

[puderse]

GI cameras

When I was a GI photographer they gave me, for official use only and I had to give it back, a nifty M3 kit with three lenses in a Halliburton case! I couldn't believe it, not even a deposit required.

 

[PanaDP]

I don't see why you'd want a 90mm f1 lens on a rangefinder, anyway. With that little depth of field, I want an SLR so I can see if I'm sharp or not. If you stop it down enough to be sure the rangefinder will have you sharp, you might as well get a cheaper lens.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I don't see why you'd want a 90mm f1 lens on a rangefinder, anyway. With that little depth of field, I want an SLR so I can see if I'm sharp or not. If you stop it down enough to be sure the rangefinder will have you sharp, you might as well get a cheaper lens.

It's a Leica. If the rangefinder says it's in focus, it's in focus.No need to stop down.

 

[PanaDP]

It's a Leica. If the rangefinder says it's in focus, it's in focus.No need to stop down.

I'd have to see it to believe it with a 90mm at f1. I pull focus for a living and that's not much to work with unless you're doing what the navy probably was and focusing 30 feet and further a lot. At 12 feet if a person's eyes are sharp, their ears aren't. At 7 feet, a head and shoulders portrait length, you get 2" total depth of field. It sounds like a very, very expensive way to miss focus a lot to me.

 

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

I have 111mm f:1.5 Ektar Fluoride lens , I bought for 25 cents.

 

[m1tch]

Wow, you are basically buying a lens with a camera attached