Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank I could sell my Hassy glass. July 11 2002 in Portland I bought a Zeiss 100mm f3.5 Cfi Planar T* for the price of a Noctilux that year maybe more I think. got it for $2582 Today its worth nothing I could sell it today for 800 bucks if I threw in a lens hood and back caps. Well I know for sure the week I parted with the thing some rogue company is going to break out with a everyman consumer medium format back and Hassy Belly Futures are going bullish just as Leica stuff has stayed very much in the black all this time. Because people will be able to use it digitally. The Zeiss 100 3.5 I think can be compared to the Leica 75 Summicron or the 60 Macro R. When nothing less that the top optic will do to get everything straight: http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=1451&P=100/3.5-Planar-Cfi-T* : The 100mm Planar is a lens designed to deliver virtually zero distortion and extremely well defined image details irrespective of aperture setting. This makes it the first choice when the demands on exact reproduction of the geometry of the subject and resolution are extremely high, such as in architectural, aerial surveying, copying, industrial, and scientific photography. It also makes a great alternative to the 80mm as a standard lens, particularly as a short portrait lens. I'm going to sit on it. I'm going to wait. A digital medium format BACK that might take over much of my photography would not have to have that many megapixels at all. It could have 16. Less. Many of them now have coincidentally a 1.5 crop factor which I'm got at I'd like that or maybe a little better. And I'd like the iso to go maybe higher than 400. But what I'd get would be extreme clarity. A life support system for some real Zeiss glass. The time to buy Hassy Zeiss glass is NOW. When thy are for all practical purposes FREE. You buy the lens they give you a body free. Of visa versa. Usually versa. Mark William Rabiner * I see Sammy's is selling a 100 3.5 now for $3578. Buy one now from some guy on eBay and save $3000! In effect... Darned close... I'm sure there's a deal that good somewhere in photography I just don't know what it is. Its almost enough to get a guy to go out and buy a roll of film! > From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:33:28 +0100 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Are you still using an R6 or R6.2? > > The M8 means Leica lenses still have plenty of users. Pen lenses were > never that good and digital (or age of participants!) has dented the > collector market considerably. Many fabulous Hassy and Rollei lenses > have lost 90% of their value. Not much market any more. > Supply and demand at work! > Frank >