Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ok, I'll fess up and say I'm just messing around with y'all. The prices of these lenses just seem ridiculous to me. As is the cult of collectibles. They are still tools. But I'm sure there are people out there collecting rare hammers for that matter. Not Bronze Age hammers either, just Craftsman models made in the 1950's. I just wish all the collectibles would flood the market one day instead of sitting in vaults. Maybe it could bring the price of Leica products down far enough that people who have wanted to get into the system could actually afford to do so. Phil Forrest On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:12:12 -0500 Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote: > Hmm... I have an ELCAN I got from a cleanout of Navy gear that came > from the lab on Guam. so, they are plentiful here. Scratched the hell > out of my front element the other day. Stupid filter was > stuck after the end of the lens was banged a bit by the wall of > Reading Terminal Market while I was trying to duck through a crowd of > flower show people. I had to use a pair of large jaw welder's vise > grips to get enough purchase on the filter to get it off. Vise grip > slipped and so I'm probably going to have to ink in that gouge. I can > feel it with my fingernail. > I didn't think it was anything special. > > Phil Forrest > > > > On Mar 9, 2011, at 11:58 PM, Vick Ko wrote: > > > > > Anyone with $6K can buy a Noctilux f1. > > > > > > Even if you had $16K burning a hole in your pocket, it would be > > > very hard to find a 66/2 when you want one. > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > Vick > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/9/2011 5:53 PM, Chris Williams wrote: > > >> Ahh who needs a 66mm f/2 when you can buy a used 50/1.0 for less. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Chris Williams > > >> www.zoeicaimages.net > > >> www.rebirthworkshops.com > > >> 504-231-6261 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > > information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >