Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] Help with Nocti
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:04:59 -0500
References: <878941797.1041289.1327439682325.JavaMail.root@mail12.pantherlink.uwm.edu> <4F1F2754.3050209@whitedogs.co.uk>

I'd say the same thing about the Noctilux. I could have gotten one with
the clip on hood for $1200 back in 2003. I thought that was a
ridiculous price for a lens...

Meanwhile in 2010, I paid almost $2000 for a pre-asph 35 Lux V2.

Phil Forrest


On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:49:08 +0000
Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote:

> Hmmm - the two lenses I regret not buying when I could have afforded 
> them are the Noctilux f1.0 and the 28-35-50 Tri-elmar. Both lenses
> now command silly prices. C'est la vie :-|
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Pope,
> Swindon, Wilts
> UK
> 
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> 
> On 24/01/12 21:14, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
> > On Mon, 23 Jan 2012  George Lottermoser<imagist3 at mac.com>wrote:
> >
> >> I regret selling the Noctilux when I did - mostly because the
> >> market went crazy; and I could have sold it for 2 to 3 times the
> >> money a year or two later; more than because I find myself
> >> "needing" it in my tool box.
> > ===========================================================================
> > And I wish I could've bought your Noctilux then, when I might have
> > afforded one.  ;~)
> >
> > Alan
> >
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> >
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Replies: Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Help with Nocti)
In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Help with Nocti)
Message from mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope) ([Leica] Help with Nocti)