Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/06

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Subject: [Leica] New 35/1.4 ASPH?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:47:28 +0530
References: <1BD89777-7303-4A05-8012-E26842BE7698@frozenlight.eu> <C7B8C28B.66056%joseph@yao.com>
 
Joseph,
Seems to be priced to break even on negligible sales! Are they serious?
Probably pricing in the inventory holding cost of 10 years for manufacturing
one batch! Yes, I know, the best that money can buy, unsurpassed quality,
unbeatable fidelity, blah blah, etc,etc., but still?
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Joseph Yao <joseph at yao.com> wrote:

> Nathan,
>
> Mine will arrive later than yours, around late April.  Anticipated price is
> approx. US$5,000.  The new lens is designed to overcome the focus shift
> issue with M8/9.
>
> Joseph
>
>
>
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