Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug you completely confuse the issue when you talk about shooting with it and results you get with the lens. This has nothing to do with that. With use. Results. This has to do with buying and selling. And money. Ebaying. This is not collecting. This is trading. This is playing with money. And its not photography. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:34:31 -0400 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: resale value (was: Re: [Leica] M8 and the WAR) > > Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > >> The retention of value of Leitz/Leica glass (and cameras of >> course) reflects the fact that their optical performance and >> build quality assure their usefulness for decades. One doesn't >> have to buy and re-buy every several years. > > If I were of such a mind (and I'm not) I could re-sell my 280mm f/4 APO for > a tidy profit even considering the time value of money, after several > years' use and after producing many profitable 'keepers'. Sounds like a > bargain to me. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information