Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Schofield wrote: > > If you have f/1.0, you'll use it, and find that you love it! I have yet to > hear anyone on the LUG say they had a Noctilux, but sold it because they > never used the speed and didn't want to carry the weight around. The only > down side is that I have yet to find a convenient way to use a polarizer > with it for color. (I say convenient, because my tests show that even the > standard Leica 60mm polarizer vignettes with it, and I do not find the > two-filter method to be convenient anyway, which I know is my personal > preference, so we don't have to start a thread on the two-polarizer method.) > > Why do you quote the MAP price for the Noctilux and a used price for the > Summicron? IMHO, Noctilux' depreciate faster, and are a better buy in that > respect. When I was looking, the Noctilux was $1500-1800 used, the later > Summilux (.7 m version on ) was in the $1200 range, and a recent Summicron > was in the $600-$700 range. So, you can get a used Noctilux for about $400 > more than a Summilux or about $800 more than a Summicron. > > So, buy the Noctilux used, secure in knowing that you can get your $$ back > reselling on e*** if you hate it, then fall in love with it, and a year > later buy a Summicron when you stumble across a good deal, to use with a > polarizer or when you don't want to endanger the beloved Noctilux. > > Tom ><Snip> I think rich guys buy the Noctilux and when they see a "made in Canada" on it they think it won't go well with their Rolex and their Jaguar so they sell it and get something else. mark rabiner :) http://spokenword.to/rabiner/