Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I presume that the 3k went into some other investment that over the years has delivered many times the return a Nocti would have. Cameras/lenses are lousy investments - they are great pleasure givers, though. So, from an investment point of view, you are usually much better off selling that lens now and buying it back when you need it! Even a usually somnolent investment like gold has given 3x over the last four years..... Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Dennis Kushner <dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com>wrote: > Doug is right. All the "cheap" Leica lenses I bought years ago are > worth much more. Wish I would have bought that 3K Nocti....... > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > ==On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Richard Man < > > richard at richardmanphoto.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > I sold a few lens, including a couple to pay the bills. Those are the > > sad > > > > ones. Otherwise, the only regret I have with selling the Noctilux or > > the > > > > Tri-Elmar is that I could get a lot more money for them now :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Agreed. When I was freelancing, I had a pal who gave me great advice. > > > "Always remember. Get good cameras, because sometimes you have to eat > > > them." > > > > > > I had a very tasty Noctilux, that fed us for a couple months, but it > > would > > > now feed us for several months. *sigh* > > > > > > > > Been there, ate that. > > > > --Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >