Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lenses went up recently..... except the older ones....they should have tanked.... You can buy a perfectly good 28-70 for less than $400, but the 35-70 is $1K. Similar in the 80-200 which still runs $1K+ and if you want the 21-35, that will set you back almost $3K...... The 75-150, which i bought and tested, costs less than $200 and is better by my testing than a Nikon 70-210 F4, which costs $750++ Who is buying all of these to keep the prices so high? Retired Doctors, Lawyers and Indian Chiefs? Could be the after effects of the SL? But the lenes are a PITA to use as they are not native mount.... might as well use N or C. Haven?t seen a R camea in the field for years..... Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net On Thursday, August 2, 2018, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: I thought the film revival would raise all boats but no? I just scored an R-5 lovely camera shot thousands of slides in Tanzania with it, an R-6 still have. And R-E. Roberts just sold me shipped an R-5 good working order. $109. Minolta X700s and XE-7s good cameras both seem to close at a hundred bucks as well Nikon FM and bog standard OM1 s again great cameras. Bring more Why? Still seeking R-3, Leicaflex and R8/9 w DMR Cheap lenses too Thx mark in pdx _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information