Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/14
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On 14 Sep 97, ABreull@aol.com wrote:
> In einer eMail vom 14.09.1997 16:56:55, schreiben Sie:
>
> >The f/1.2 lens routinely goes for
> >around $5,000 when you can find one, the f/1 for $2,000 or so, used, again,
> >IF you can find one.
>
> Are you kidding - what kind of prices do you have in the us ? You
> hardly pay more than DM 2.500 for a used f/1 (ex to ex+), which
> corresponds to $ 1.400 at the moment. And, if you look into the leica
> digest, you find that you pay no more in Belgium also.
>
> If you like & pay (DM 2.500), I could send you one (1981, incl sep
> hood) tomorrow on exactly that price - even without blur in the upper
> left area.
Last published retail price that I have printed by Leica USA (July
1995. I think they've stopped printing price lists, tossing off their
action with casual comments like,"well, the dealers determine the price
so just go there and ask"), was US$3,095.00 for Noctilux M. Current
Shutterbug shows Jim Kuehl with a new one at US$2,495.00. Since Jim is
not an authorized Leica dealer, that price probably includes his usual
one year warranty and must be exercised through him.
Latest, of course has the built-in retractable lens hood.
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
Leica Historical Society Of America
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
For every action, there is
an equal and opposite criticism.