Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, It all depends on how you define the word "bargain" - in relation to price, or in relation to usefulness. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > My theory was that the recent ( last 5 years?) if the interest in the > Nocti was by rich folk, that wanted THE most exclusive/extreme camera and > lens.... The Noctilux plus an M9 or M(240). After getting that combo, they > figured out that most of their shots were not in focus. Then came a period > of "otherness"..... chasing the dream of some other combo of expensive > thing, and the Nocti ran out of favor.....for maybe a Nikon D810 plus some > lens or other, that actually made images that were IN focus ( thanks to AF, > since these folk never did understand hot to manually focus anything). > > That accounts for the recent plethora of used 0.95 for sale at pretty > bargain prices... > > Or so my thinking goes.... > > Challenge? Define THE challenge... the desire to have all your friends > see you with the latest and greatest? > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > >