Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/31

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Subject: [Leica] buy wide angle lenses now (Was: Leica Hires Ad Agency)
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Mon Oct 31 13:00:07 2005
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Didier Ludwig wrote:

>Leica has been augmenting it's prices in always shorter intervals quite 
>shamelessly; no need of the digital M to "justify" the next increase (which 
>I would expect for january 06).
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>OTOH I have noticed a slight declining of many used Leica gear prices on 
>the auction site in the past 12 months - more for M6's, pre-asph elmarits & 
>summicrons, less for specialties or summi/noctiluxes. 
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>More and more people going digital, needing money for the new gear (or just 
>more and more inheritors dumping the family Leicas?)...
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>Didier
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And the rise in unemployment, particularly in Germany! The shops here 
are full of second hand Leicas, top stuff too,MDa, IIIg, Safari R3, R8, 
R9, I even saw a tatty SLmot in one shop.
Douglas

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>>My advice - which is worth little in this case - would be to buy wide
>>angle lenses now. When a digital M comes out those things are going to
>>skyrocket.
>>Dave
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In reply to: Message from bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Leica Hires Ad Agency)
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