Philippe, I saw an early version 400mm f/6.8 in good condition with a stock for sale at a Leica dealer in Palo Alto, California for US $695 yesterday. You may have a bargain. Cheers, Bill David Young wrote: > At 03/07/2006, Philippe Amard wrote: > >> LEITZ TELYT-R 6,8/400 >> Price tag is around USD 300 >> Should I go for it? >> >> Thanks in anticipation >> >> Phileiangenieux > > > Hi Phillippe! > > The price looks very good, to me. Of course, much depends on condition1 > > However, in addition to all the other advice you've been offered, > check that [a] the shoulder stock and grip are included in the price > (they aren't always... and can be a bear to find on their own) and > [b] whether it is the old style ( bent aluminium bar) or newer style > moulded pistol grip. If the older style, you can make a new one... > see http://www3.telus.net/telyt/getting_a_grip.htm for details on how > I made mine. > > Good luck! It's a great lens! > > Cheers! > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > Limited Edition Prints at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/prints.htm > Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/