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Re: [OM] Panasonic/Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150

Subject: Re: [OM] Panasonic/Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150
From: Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:05:48 +0000
And should anyone now be in search of the lens, I noticed yesterday that RG
Lewis in London have a used example in their shop for GBP699. No hood, but
a 72mm UV filter is included. That strikes me as a vrty good price from a
very long established dealer.

Unfortunately there is no rebate of VAT for export on used gear.

Piers
On 17 Feb 2014 20:38, "DZDub" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 2:34 AM, piers@xxxxxxxx <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
>
> > You need to moderate your disbelief with some hands on experience,
> Nathan.
> > I had one of these lenses for a couple of years.  Bought it as an all in
> > one travel lens to replace a Zuiko 18-180, (which was an unacceptable set
> > of compromises). The Leica lens was so good that it stayed as a virtual
> > fixture on my E5 long after the holiday was a memory. My only comment
> would
> > be that at 150mm it showed noticeable chromatic aberration on very high
> > contrast edges such as mountain tops against the sky.
> >
>
> Piers,
> Thank you.  I seem to be on a similar GAS trajectory to yours, just many
> years behind you.  I really wanted to like the 18-180.
>
> I like the cheapo kit lens that came out with the 4xx series -- 14-42 and
> 40-150 -- and I go with them often and am usually pleased.  The problem is
> that I seem always to want to be where the one lens is too short and the
> other is too long!
>
> Joel W.
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