Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Unless you call the clear 15-20% rise since the blog post came out a coincidence. Before the post came out there had been no sale over $4500. Now they go up to as high as $5100. With so few lenses changing hands it doesn?t take a lot of demand to lift up the prices, especially when $5K is pocket change to some people, say Brad Pitt. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Nathan I do not think any bloggers influence Leica lens prices. Everything > is hard to get and there are very few bargains. Just supply and demand. The > lens has been well known for a long time with people that follow Leica. > Steve Huff is known to be a keen reviewer on line and I think he gets > invited to launches etc too and I think is keen on Leica . Good for him. > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 22 March 2012 18:24, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > > OK, so he is another photo blogger with an opinion--does he really have > > the kind of market power? > > > > On 22 Mar, 2012, at 7:20 , John McMaster wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/02/20/shooting-with-the-leica-75-summilux > > > -f1-4-lens-on-the-m9p/ > > > > > > john > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > Who is Steve Huff? > > > > > > On 22 Mar, 2012, at 6:23 , Kay Yang wrote: > > > > > >> Congratulates on your decision. However, the timing cannot be worse > > >> because the 75 lux prices have just gone up at least 20% after Steve > > > Huff's review. > > >> > > >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Swanny <eazydraw at googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> having now had chance to catch up on all the great comments in > > >>> response to my question about the 75 .... > > >>> > > >>> I want to say a BIG THANKYOU to all those who responded and to those > > >>> who didn't ..i want to say i trust you were having a great time > > >>> enjoying other lenses .. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> The upshot of the fabulous pictures and the insightful replies you > > >>> all gave is that i'm going to go for it ...and so look out in a few > > >>> months time for some hopefully good pictures shot by 75 lux on M9 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > http://www.greatpix.eu > > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > > Blog: > > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >