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The 50/1.5 C-Sonnar is above retail for a used Zeiss. Thats a first! ...same with the Planar at Adorama. . . . .
A Zeiss 50/1.5 can be found here:
http://www.igorcamera.com/leica_lenses.htm
Good luck with the search.
. . . . . they also have a 35/2 cron used at Adorama selling for 350.00 above retail price.The 50/1.5 C-Sonnar is above retail for a used Zeiss. Thats a first! ...same with the Planar at Adorama
Paying above retail for Leica is one thing, but for Zeiss!?!
. . . . . they also have a 35/2 cron used at Adorama selling for 350.00 above retail price.
A week ago at B&H photo they had Zeiss 50/2 lenses at retail prices on there site for a couple of days. When I first saw them I thought they would be gone in minutes.
The Voigtlander lenses have also seen pretty good increases in price over the past couple of years. I like several of them, still own a few, and the ones I sold I did not take much of a loss. The 28/1.9; 50/1.5; and 75/2.5 LTM lens being my favorites. The lenses I have owned and then sold are looked at as just an inexpensive rental or spending money for the enjoyment of the hobby.
I know in the past year, I paid more then I expected to get a 35 Lux and 90 Elmarit. I was also able to pick up a new 50 Lux, 50 Cron and 75 Cron at retail and picked up a 24 Elmar that was a few months old for a nice price. I subsequently sold the 50 Cron to a local buyer for what I paid for the lens
There are lens available, if you are patient you can find them at retail (eventually) and sometimes at below retail, then again sometimes you pay the going market price if you get a GAS attack!
. . . . . no point, just rambling before heading off to bed . . . . .
Thanks all around!thx i checked out your review for the sonnar and the pics u took with it...looks great but the focus shift issue worried me as i'm new to rangefinders and this type of photography in general. Maybe at a later date...
Your website is fantastic and i sent the link to a bunch of my friends
wish you would review the 50 summarit as i just bought it my one and only Leica lens
i had bought a coll cron from ebay but it an aperture issue so i sent it back