Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/15

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Subject: RE: [Leica] New RF Buyer...
From: leica@davidmorton.org
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:40:57 -0000

Steve LeHuray wrote:

"You should also consider which lens will hold it's value the best in the
long term--I would wager it will not be the CV."

Er...that rather depends if you calculate the depreciation as a percentage
of the initial investment or in absolute terms.

In the UK the Leica 28mm f2 sells for UKP1225, it's worth about 70% of that
in a private sale in mint used condition, so carrying it out of the shop has
cost you UKP360. The CV 28mm f1.9 costs UKP335 brand new.

In other words, for the CV to suffer more depreciation than the Leica lens
in absolute terms, you'd have to mess it up so badly that you have to pay
someone over UKP25 to take it away. :-)

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David Morton
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