Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But the pre-Aspherical Summilux is one of Leicas longest lived designs, being produced for a full 28 years before re-computation and 2 years after that. I think only the 50 Summicron has lived that long without a redesign. There is no shortage of pre-ASPH 'Lux 35mm lenses. The very first 35 'Lux is a collector's lens but that's a different story. The real problem are the collectors and resellers who are buying them up and artificially inflating the price through market attrition. It's ridiculous. I'd love to start a populist movement where we squeeze those resellers with our wallets so they lower prices to something reasonable. A used lens should never approach the cost of the new version. Phil Forrest > I think this is a simple issue of how many were made. > When things had been made in small amounts it's usually best to let > the inflated money that gets spent on them get spent by collectors. > At least till your rich.