Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For 1/10th the price, you can get a Noritsu 80/2 and a body to go with it, that has much better bokeh and as razor thin DoF rendering. Or go for the big gun and spend big $$$ if you must and get a pristine shuttered Xenotar 150/2.8 for $4000 and get a crown for $300, and you can blow any Nocti away. Of course you have to shoot this film thing. On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > Howard, if you pay with paypal AND using a credit card, you are pretty > much protected against losing money as a buyer since you have two levels of > protection. Just make sure to pay for insurance etc. > > > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> > wrote: > >> There's a gloriously well used 1.2 Nocti up for bids at the usual place, >> item # 2254682. I am actually for one in the rough condition that it's in, >> provided that it's optically and mechanically functional. It would make a >> good match for my equally brassed and bonked M5, and presumably useful on >> my M9 as well. >> >> Trouble is, I wanted a user f/1 rather than 1.2 both because of the >> faster f/ ratio and because I don't want to pay a premium for a rare lens. >> I am not in the market for anything near what the seller is asking in this >> case, but I'd like to solicit opinions on a reasonable figure to offer and >> on the wisdom of buying from a seller (albeit putatively with lots of good >> feedback, whatever that's worth) in the Czech Republic. >> >> If this request is out of bounds after Friday, I apologize, but I figured >> it's OK because I'm not trying to sell something. Feel free to answer >> off-list. >> >> Thanks to all. >> >> ?howard >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto