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Subject: [Leica] Posting on RFF for Noctilux 50/0.95 - optimized for M8. Hoax? Or pre-announcement for Photokina?
From: LUISRIPOLL at telefonica.net (LUISRIPOLL@telefonica.net)
Date: Wed Sep 10 17:41:07 2008

"And I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale"

For the same price?

Saludos cordiales
lluis



----Mensaje original----
De: mark@rabinergroup.com
Recibido: 11/09/2008 2:07
Para: "Leica Users Group"<lug@leica-users.org>
Asunto: Re: [Leica] Posting on RFF for Noctilux 50/0.95 - optimized 
for     M8. Hoax? Or pre-announcement for Photokina?

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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