[Leica] Run on Leica R lenses :-)

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

On the other hand, Doug, the less exotic, bread and butter lenses are 
going for a song, the s/h shops here are full of 35s and 50s and dozens 
of R bodies too, including quite a lot of R8 and R9.
Zeiss lenses are still quite a rarity on the s/h market although I 
picked up a very nice Sonnar 135/2,8 for very little a couple of months 
ago.

You may be pleased to hear that SL and SL2 bodies are still very few and 
far between, must be keepers.
I've just been trying out the 3 2-cam lenses I got with a chrome SL, as 
a swap for an M2 with 2 lenses a few weeks ago, all in nearly mint 
condition, 20D doesn't care about cams so I now have a 35/50/135 stable 
for Canon digital use. The SL is so much beter condition than the one I 
already had that it will be taking a  prominent position amongst the 
collected stuff rather than becoming a user, my grubby black SL still 
gets taken for some exercise every now and again, just to keep it fit.

Doug Herr wrote:
> on 6/16/05 12:27 AM, nathan.wajsman@planet.nl at nathan.wajsman@planet.nl
> wrote:
> 
>  In general, in the past 2-3 months there has been a veritable explosion
> 
>>of interest in Leica (and some Zeiss) glass on the Fred Miranda Canon
>>forum. And it is not just migrating users like me who are using R glass
>>on DSLRs; several people who have never owned Leica stuff are actually
>>buying R lenses to use on their Canons. Maybe this is after they saw
>>some of the 100mm Apo Macro shots I posted ;-)
> 
> 
> The run on Leica-R lenses has resulted in some price explosions on the
> second-hand market:  in January a near-mint 280mm f/4 APO could be 
> purchased
>>from a reputable dealer for about US$2,200, and a few days ago a 280 f/4 
>>APO
> sold on the big auction website for just over US$3,000 with over two dozen
> bids.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
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