Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Everything you buy once, it is yours to keep and the value diminishes like you have mentioned, i am more interested if people would pay the ziess prices and keep buying more of it, so they stay in this market On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:28:01 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Close to purchase price? Let's see, I purchased my 35 1.4 ASPH - which I > have NO intention of selling ;-) - for about $2499. And I believe they > are going for about $1450 today. 58% of new? Not exactly "close to > purchase price." The same goes for the 21 ASPH these days. And if you > talk about the older lenses....Yes, Leica lenses are always re-sellable > for real money. But the reality is that the CV lenses go for apx the > same percentage of their new price. ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > leicaluvr@comcast.net > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 12:06 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica > > While I do not own a VC lens, I find this reasoning dubious, as the > depreciation of the Leica lens will probably equal the cost of the VC. > Tom Schofield > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > On 23 de dic de 2004, at 17:53, GREG LORENZO wrote: > > > > > I suspect that they will continue to hold their value better over > > > time > > > than a Zeiss lens made by VC and Leica glass can usually be resold > > > easily and at a price closer to purchase price > > > > > > yes, probably... but that's not a photographic consideration, it's > > more > > close to assets management :-D > > > > > > Merry xmas > > ----------------------------------------- > > http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad