Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My 35/1.4 ASPH @~$1300 was the best buy ever. The guy was getting out of the M system in 2003.... He had an M6. Wonder if he is interested in a digital M now. I suppose I should take time to see which lens have focus shift... On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Joseph Yao <joseph at yao.com> wrote: > Mark, > > This is mostly because your currency value has almost halved over the same > period. > > Joseph > > > On 07/03/2010 6:30 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > My 35mm Summicron ASPH in February of the year 2000 cost me $1495. > > A nikon lens at the time cost what 300 dollars? It cost $319.95 now so > > maybe it was 200 usd. So you could get five to eight of them. > > Now a new Summicron ASPH cost 3 grand; the price has doubled. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // portfolio: <http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]