Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: "Aram Langhans" <alanghans@komoto.naches.wednet.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:29:45 -0700 To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Subject: Re: [Leica] Investment decisions...... > It may be sad news for some, but for me it is the only way that I can afford > Leica gear. I am thankful to all those who bought new so that I can afford > to buy used. I hope you had fun with the gear before you sold it to the > likes of me. I hope it didn't just gather dust on your shelves for that > would have truly been a shame and a waste of money. I am sure my R4, > 90/2.8, 50/2, 35/2, 24/2.8 and 100/4 macro bellows take just a good a photo > as they did when new and 2-4x what I paid for them. They shouldn't drop too > much more, but I didn't buy them for an investment. > > Aram > I also buy my R equipment used but as far as I'm concerned it's an investment. My return on investment comes from selling the photos I make with the stuff. The equipment itelf is only as valuable as the pictures I make with it. - -- Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html