kshapero
South Florida Man
Would you, could you ever do that? Although I do not own this lens, I think it is a real good looking lens.
Yours truly,
Shallow Hal
P.S. My grammar is really poor. I meant, Would you ever buy a lens just because it looks good?
Yours truly,
Shallow Hal
P.S. My grammar is really poor. I meant, Would you ever buy a lens just because it looks good?
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swoop
Well-known
The Summitar. We've since parted. Not that it was a bad lens. It worked great. It was just useless considering I have the Summilux.
kshapero
South Florida Man
Man, Swoop you have awesome kit.
kxl
Social Documentary
No, I wouldn't buy a lens based on its good looks. But I would buy and have bought a lens based on looking at images taken by that lens.
ferider
Veteran
Shallow Hal: that Ultron is too small
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
It reminds me of a joke I heard:
I man is walking down the road with a horse on a lead ... it's a very handsome black stallion and attracts a lot of attention from all who see it.
He is approached by another man who comments on the beauty of the animal and says he will buy it at whatever price the owner asks ... the man mutters "He no look good!" and walks away. Not to be shaken off easily the wealthy potential buyer follows him and keeps offering higher and higher amounts to which the owner responds in exactly the same way ... "He no look good!"
Eventually the owner is worn down by the ever increasing offers and the money subsequently changes hands ... the horse is passed to it's new owner who proudly leads it home to brag of his new possession to his friends.
The next day he discovers that the horse is actually completely blind and is so incensed that he was duped that he contacts the seller and demands his money back ... but to no avail.
The seller's response was simple ... "I told you but you didn't listen, that horse, he no look good!"
I man is walking down the road with a horse on a lead ... it's a very handsome black stallion and attracts a lot of attention from all who see it.
He is approached by another man who comments on the beauty of the animal and says he will buy it at whatever price the owner asks ... the man mutters "He no look good!" and walks away. Not to be shaken off easily the wealthy potential buyer follows him and keeps offering higher and higher amounts to which the owner responds in exactly the same way ... "He no look good!"
Eventually the owner is worn down by the ever increasing offers and the money subsequently changes hands ... the horse is passed to it's new owner who proudly leads it home to brag of his new possession to his friends.
The next day he discovers that the horse is actually completely blind and is so incensed that he was duped that he contacts the seller and demands his money back ... but to no avail.
The seller's response was simple ... "I told you but you didn't listen, that horse, he no look good!"
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kshapero
South Florida Man
Aussie humor, nice.
Gary Sandhu
Well-known
Steve M.
Veteran
Yes, the Leica 50 Summicron Dual Range. Fortunately, it performed even better than it looked!
bennyng
Benny Ng
Yes. I'm one of those shallow folks. When I first set my sight on the Canon 50m f/1.5 LTM, I know I just got to have it. Same for the Canon 25mm f/3.5 LTM lens. So tiny!!
Cheers,
Cheers,
photo4ls
Well-known
Keith, still laughing at that joke
That's funny stuff.
Nelson
That's funny stuff.
Nelson
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
I'm another Shallow Hal. I SOLD a lens Because I didn't like its design. It was a Leica Elmar 90mm f4 thread mount... it just looked strange on my M6TTL bodies.
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snausages
Well-known
I mean, it does sorta look like something Laurence Olivier would be holding in Marathon Man...
But it takes really pretty pictures.
peterm1
Veteran
I think the look of the tiny Leica lenses is what first got me interested in rangefinders. Small silver or black jewels. I presently own a near mint 50mm Summicron DR. Its size, design, weight and overall look is gorgeous.
enenrf
Asianenen
Yes, good looking is very important to me.
noimmunity
scratch my niche
those CV nickel lenses are sweet
those CV nickel lenses are sweet
If I had the cash lying around I'd buy the new nickel version of the CV 50/3.5 .
those CV nickel lenses are sweet
If I had the cash lying around I'd buy the new nickel version of the CV 50/3.5 .
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Pablito
coco frío
Shallow Hal: that Ultron is too small
Yeah, size does matter.....
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
I mean, it does sorta look like something Laurence Olivier would be holding in Marathon Man...
But it takes really pretty pictures.
You bet it does!
However, you also should have seen the looks I got when I carried that combination about places like Chicago and Barcelona...