Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/15

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Subject: [Leica] Living with the Konica Hexar RF
From: Alexey Merz <alexey@webcom.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:31:39 -0800
 
From: JGong <jgong@cisco.com>

> First of all, the price that the LUGGERS seem to 
> object to is out of line; I paid $1600 including 
> shipping.  This compares with an M6 + 50mm Summicron
> at approx. $3000. Do the arithmetic and it is apparent 
> that the Konica is nott as expensive as its detractors 
> make it out to be.

Yes and no. I paid $1850 for my M6 HM classic, new from
CW o'Oregon about a year ago, and another $550 for a 
used, mint- 50 Summicron-M. So $2300 is a whole lot
less than $3000. True, you got a new lens but there is
not much of a used market for Hexar RF stuff. 

We'll see who still has a usable camera in 20 years.

Alexey Merz