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Subject: [Leica] Posting on RFF for Noctilux 50/0.95 - optimized for M8. Hoax? Or pre-announcement for Photokina?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed Sep 10 17:07:32 2008

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/11000-leica-len.html
Here it is it looks like Photoshop to me
An unnamed "French Magazine"???
$11,000????

I think its some kid.

And I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Frank Travel <red735i@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:29:35 -0700
> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Posting on RFF for Noctilux 50/0.95 - optimized for 
> M8.
> Hoax? Or pre-announcement for Photokina?
> 
> Agreed, but $8K to $12k ( can not find the original link right now..) for a
> lens is a bit high.... even for rich folk.  I could go looking, but I do 
> not
> think that the competitive lenses ( 24 Nikkor F2 and others) would be half 
> or
> even a quarter that high.
> Let's hope it was an error, and not in judgement......!
> 
> Frank
>> 
>> Reported prices are no way to expand their market......But are in line 
>> with
>> recent extra high prices ....
>> 
> 
> Weak dollar is a big part of the problem.
> 
> Doug Herr
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Travel) ([Leica] Posting on RFF for Noctilux 50/0.95 - optimized for M8. Hoax? Or pre-announcement for Photokina?)