Leica GAS

[MP Guy]

Well,

I did it. Used my wifes visa 😀 and got the new 50 asph in chrome.

What a gorgeous lens! Now I need to go out and shoot.

 

[back alley]

does she know yet?

 

[MP Guy]

nope. i need toget the bill before it arrives. that way the next time the bill comes in it wont be detailed 🙂

 

[sockeyed]

Chatting with Tom Abrahamsson, he feels that the 50 ASPH has no rivals; there are no other lenses with its image quality.

Nothing can touch this lens...except you. So get out there and use it (and share the results with us)!

 

[Andrew Touchon]

nope. i need toget the bill before it arrives. that way the next time the bill comes in it wont be detailed 🙂

Good Luck! Is your estate in order? 😉

 

[kbg32]

nope. i need toget the bill before it arrives. that way the next time the bill comes in it wont be detailed 🙂

Good luck with that!

 

[ywenz]

I like the 35mm lux

 

[Peter Klein]

Congrats, Jorge! From what I've heard and seen, the 50 ASPH is fantastic. Expensive, but well worth it, especially for the low-light shooter.

My solution is to have several 50s--that way if I start to complain about one, I can use another. 🙂 I mostly use the VC 50 Nokton for available light, and a 50 Summicron for outdoors and travel. However, ahem, I must admit that I also switch between a tabbed Summicron and a DR as my moods vary.

You've probably simplified your life, as the new 50 may be the only one you need. But you may have deprived yourself of the pleasure of future GAS buildup and release. . . (or not)!

--Peter

 

[Rich Silfver]

hmm..that actually wouldn't look too bad on an M3....

 

[captainslack]

nope. i need toget the bill before it arrives. that way the next time the bill comes in it wont be detailed 🙂

So, will Joe get the forum in your will? 😉

 

[erudolph]

Post pictures please! 🙂

 

[Silva Lining]

Now I need to go out and shoot.

Ah yes, but dare you return??

Truly a great lens - your finance approach is novel, I had a fleeting urge to do likewise, but my wife would likely beat me to death with my Zorki 5....well if ya gotta go.. 😀

 

[Nick R.]

Somewhere there's a frying pan with your name on it.

 

[Alec]

Or maybe a rolling pin? (to be declaimed in a Yatesian fashion)

 

[Way]

Wow! I didn't know the 50 lux asph came in chrome. That's what I wanted but it seemed like the only one in chrome was the LHSA version. Very expensive. I see it now on Popflash's website. Congrats! We need pictures!

 

[PeterL]

That's one hell of a sexy lens ! Give me chrome over black any time. Unfortunately, my girlfriend doesn't have a visa card (and she'd kill me if I would use it for photo gear, too).


Peter.

 

[ERV]

Well,

I did it. Used my wifes visa 😀 and got the new 50 asph in chrome.

Man oh man,
If I did that I would be submerged in a glass bubble filled with water in a NYC public space for a while.
Lucky guy, congrats!

 

[ch1]

Man oh man,
If I did that I would be submerged in a glass bubble filled with water in a NYC public space for a while.
Lucky guy, congrats!

I think I would just be consigned to sleeping with the fishes! 😱

 

[MP/CLE]

Jorge, the lens is a thing of beauty and your methods are similar to my own. My first question is how will that lens look on a black m7? I know how a chrome body looks with the black lens, but not vice-versa... small point, but one I am struggling with as I am trying to justify an a la carte black enamel m7 with mp bits with a black normal lens (I thought it would match the black body better) while I clear funding through creative financing.

Also, the focus ring on the LHSA model is rather unique, and it seems to have a slightly more prominent aperture ring... is the lens otherwise identical to yours?

And finally, do the chrome and black 50 f1.4 asph both weigh the same or is the black a lighter alloy like the earlier black lenses? I may be mistaken, but I thought I had read that all lenses were now bronze beneath their anodized color.

Thanks, and best of luck with the subterfuge... remember, ambiguity is the key...

 

[mikebrice@mac.c]

What does GAS stand for - sorry to ask a basic question - but I believe I have suffered from it and I am trying to explain it to the doctor🙂