Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2 lenses that are special because of their max aperture... the 50 Noctilux and 75 Summilux have shot up in value since the onslaught of the M8/M9. My cut on this has always been that the new Leica buyers just want the "best". What is "better" than these 2? The fact that they are special only because they open up so widely, and at that aperture are a real challenge to focus is lost on these nouveau-Leicaists. My surprise is that there are not a lot of sales of these 2 lenses from users that never could figure out how to focus them..... and subsequent lower prices from their frustrations... Now about that M10...... and dumping prices on the M9.....after all, it will not be the "newest" and therefore not the "best"..... Now selling in the $5.3-5.8K range, used...... ( which is only a 20% discount from new, $7K price) Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net \ On Mar 21, 2012 at 11:23 PM -0700, Kay Yang wrote: >Congratulates on your decision. However, the timing cannot be worse >because the 75 lux prices have just gone up at least 20% after Steve Huff's review. This lens's prices have been on the rise before the Steve Huff review. It's been a very popular lens a on a couple of forums for the last year or so. I wouldn't be surprised if the review was driven by that, not the other way around. I bought mine 1.5 years ago when it was still 'affordable' and you could tell it would be the next lens where prices got ridiculous in the very near future.