Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Actually, I've just checked the price of a new 35 1.4 > > stateside, and the 75 > > 1.4 actually works out at the equivalent of US$700... so I'm even more > > pleased. Though there is one black speck on one element..... ;-) > > > > What about chronology, a new shade etc? > > > Getting a 75 1.4 in anything approaching good condition for a price like > that is a bit like coming upon some lobotomized old lady whose willing to > sell her deceased husband's "old camera junk" - that just happened to be a > mint M3 or IIIG with a half-dozen mint lenses - for $100..:-) > > My jealousy knows no bounds.... > But wait! Maybe he paid $4000 for the 35 Summilux ASPH. ;-) Rob Schneider