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Will you pay $7,195 for the new 50 'cron Asph? |
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05-10-2012
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J J Kapsberger is offline
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Will you pay $7,195 for the new 50 'cron Asph?
I'd hoped Leica would bring out such a beast , and they have, according to the latest email from the Leica Boutique (Montréal).
It's not hard for a lens company to come up with an f/2.0 lens with top-notch performance. A 50 summicron Asph, which will continue that model's very proud tradition, should be absolutely elite.
Me want.
But at a cost of $7,195? For an f/2.0 lens? I dunno.
You?
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Not a chance - there's nothing about that lens (or any lens really) which justifies a price tag that high.
Quite happy with my v4 50mm Summicron and, even if the price were $2k less, I still wouldn't consider trading up.
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I am not a member of Leica's target market.
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I am not a member of Leica's target market.
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05-11-2012
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I am not a member of Leica's target market.
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I am as a rule! But since I have started living on morphine as a 'vital' part of my daily routine, my gullibility has slowly faded away man...
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definitely NO!
But this is only me!
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05-15-2012
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I am as a rule! But since I have started living on morphine as a 'vital' part of my daily routine, my gullibility has slowly faded away man...
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Same here. I'm a photographer  |
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Same here. I'm a photographer |
So...Leica owners are inherently not photographers?
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05-11-2012
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So...Leica owners are inherently not photographers?
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people have been saying that for a looooooooong time. |
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So...Leica owners are inherently not photographers?
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Apparently not... I've yet to figure out what I'm doing all the time when using the camera for hours and hours every week. |
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Real Men Shoot Film.
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So...Leica owners are inherently not photographers?
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Virtually no professionals, which is what I meant when I said I couldn't afford one because I'm a photographer, buy new Leica gear. I have two M6 bodies, both bought used. No way will I even consider buying anything new from them. Ever. Even if I won the lottery. Their pricing shows a gigantic contempt for those who make photography their life's work, and I refuse to support it. I make sure my Leica purchases do not benefit them one cent. |
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05-10-2012
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HAHAHA. No.
I already have a 50/1.4 ASPH, bought for new for 1/3rd of the APO Summicron's price. It's plenty good enough technically for me, is a stop faster, and much cheaper. Absolutely no point in it for me.
If I were a rich enough man where $10k wasn't a big deal to me, sure why not? But I'll never have a fraction of the money required to do that.
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Same here. This new lens makes the 50 LUX ASPH look like a bargain. I wouldn't be surprised to see a bit of a price hike for the LUX.
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HAHAHA. No.
I already have a 50/1.4 ASPH, bought for new for 1/3rd of the APO Summicron's price. It's plenty good enough technically for me, is a stop faster, and much cheaper. Absolutely no point in it for me.
If I were a rich enough man where $10k wasn't a big deal to me, sure why not? But I'll never have a fraction of the money required to do that.
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I'd rather buy a Noct. F0.95 ASPH.
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I'd rather buy a Noct. F0.95 ASPH.
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My point exactly. What was the purpose of Leica coming out with an f2 lens that is three quarters the price of the f0.95 lens they already sell? I'm baffled.
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What was the purpose of Leica coming out with an f2 lens that is three quarters the price of the f0.95 lens they already sell? I'm baffled.
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05-12-2012
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Andreas Kaufmann. Cameras from the 1%, for the 1%.
Yeah, I know. Leica is making money hand over fist these days. They just aren't selling a whole lot of cameras to photographer.
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Andreas Kaufmann. Cameras from the 1%, for the 1%.
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Probably primarily not for Hells Angels or Bandidos, though  |
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Quote:
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I'd rather buy a Noct. F0.95 ASPH.
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The Noct 0.95 is not an APO designation.
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No way!!! My Zeiss 50mm F2 does as well, at a fraction of the price.
I am thrilled over the monochrom box tho.... my M9 suddenly got worth more.
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It's like the world upside down when the summilux is cheaper now than that new summicron. Can't wait to read some reviews explaining the special quality of this new Leica miracle.
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Utter lunacy.
For the amount of money that the black and white digital M and this new summicron costs, I could buy the following:
A 35mm camera of my choice with a couple of lenses
A rolleiflex or hasselblad
A few years worth of film, paper, and chemicals
A complete darkroom setup with a 4x5 enlarger
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A good used car to take me from shoot to shoot.
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$7,195?!?! WHAT THE HECK?!?! Better be so amazing that all Noctilux and Summilux owners flood the used lens market just to get their hands on this.
But yeah... no.
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05-10-2012
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If it only stuck out from the camera body a half inch and it was literally the sharpest lens at f2 ever made, it would still be 2 to 3 thousand bucks too expensive, at least.
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