Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:38 PM 2/15/2002 -0500, inyoung@jps.net wrote: >Hello, > > I am surprised to see that this lens started being talked about all of > a sudden. I don't know how rare it is but do know there are quite a few > as rare as this lens. Other than its rarity, what made people start > talking about and seek after this lens? This is a R lens which normally > is not considered collectible. > >Regards, >David Lee Ha! M or R, makes no difference. Only a handful were made. Manufacturing cost far exceeded selling price. A darling lens in that it rivals fixed focal length lenses for imaging capabilities. Some bought to use, some bought to collect. Right now, there basically are none available, anywhere. My feeling is that Dr. Yao found what he, for a very long time, was searching for. Jim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html