Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course F1.4 is the reason, but I am just saying that if one was to "play around," this could be a dangerous game with this lens since the used market for a $5K lens will be small. I don't mind at all that Vick does it, but he trades cameras and lens more often than I (fill in the blank). A lot of the Leica lens used prices are up not because of the 10% annual increase, but because of that M8 and M9. They are bringing in a lot of old Leica users back and drawing in new users because of bloggers like Steve Huff and Puts. When the fervor dies down and everyone who would want a digital M gets one, then the price will go down again. This may be 2-3 years out, but that day will come. On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 7:49 PM, <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > Wanna bet? > > Every time 6 months passes, Leica lifts the cost of this lens by about 10%, > causing the older lenses to increase the value by 10%. > > But value or resale is not a reason to own this lens... or any piece of > equipment.... F1.4 is the reason..... > > > Frank > > > >For a specialty item like this, you will probably lose money when selling. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]