Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> in a word, it seems foolhardy to spend $3000 on a lens when there is a >$600 >> lens that would do the same thing. >> >> guy >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. > >Tom tom, i was referring to the elmarit, not the summicron, but your message moved me to get my facts straigt and check out the prices of leica 50s. b&h currently lists the following: - - 50/1.0 2795. - - 50/1.4 1895.(black)/1995.(chrome) - - 50/2.0 995./1095. - - 50/2.8 945./1095. i was surprised to find the elmarit at $1000 - i was sure it was cheaper than the summicron but low and behold, it ain't! it's interesting that the 2.8 and 2 lenses cost pretty much the same, the 1.4 costs about $1000. more, the 1.0 nearly $2000. more. in the latter two cases, that's about $1000. per stop, whereas between 2.0 and 2.8 there's only a $50. increase, and then only in the black model. i myself have the summicron, which is the finest 50 i've ever used. i toyed with the idea of the elmarit at one point - compactability and all that. but at the same price as the summicron, it seems less of a deal than i once thought it was. guy