[Leica] So why are Leica R now worth less than their Minolta parents? $109 R-5 from Roberts on eBay just now

[Douglas Barry]

You can get adaptors for Leica R lenses that will enable them to fit on 
Sony cameras, and they vary in price and probably quality, but that 
alone should keep the demand and prices up for R lenses.

Douglas


On 03/08/2018 04:34, Frank Filippone wrote:
> 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
>
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