Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can even get a Rollei 6008 Integral II in excellent condition for about 350 Euros and second hand lenses for it at about 1/5th of the original price. The bottom has more or less dropped out of the part exchange and second hand market (particularly for Leica R bodies - they start at about 120 euros now, and, with the exception of the R6/R6.2/R8/R9, hardly ever pass the 600 euro mark). Cheers Douglas Vick Ko wrote: > Yeah, > > When the models went from "hand crafted instruments" to "computer > peripherals" the value model changed dramatically. A "hand crafted > instrument" has a chance of holding value. > A "computer peripheral" will have a value curve that plummets very > very quickly. Even if it has a "Leica" sticker on it. > I'm afraid that in my opinion, an M8 is a computer peripheral that > happens to be compatible to my M lenses. That compatibility is worth > something, but its value curve over time is that of a computer > peripheral. > I just hope mine continues to work long after its warranty expiry > (knock on wood !!!) > > regards > Vick > > > Edward Caliguri wrote: >> .... >> I guess I am still in shock at how fast digital bodies drop in value >> as soon as your Credit Card is charged. What did most of us pay when >> they first arrived? Three - four times that? >> >> Ed >> --------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >