Yeah, I could've bought every Leica R lens I ever dreamed of owning with the retirement funds I lost in the last 6 months ... plus a Land Rover S to haul them around inWell the question is whether or not you would trade your 401K in on Leica R glass . could not do much worse than my current 401K.
Seriously a number of companies i work closely with have closed shop. Putting in a new CEO is not necessarily something that will revive the company. Could be someone to help with the fire sale.
I'll tell you, for a die-hard film shooter like me, a R/9 and a nice spread of R optics is still something of a dream kit. 19/2.8, 50/1.4, 100/2.8 Macro, and a 180/2 APO along with my Imacon 949 is still a yummy prospect. But that's a personal luxury induldgence in a time of nail biting business reality.
This is a terrible time to be a lover of really fine photographic gear ... even at firesale prices.
It's like a herd of Super Models in heat banging on the door of a married guy's bedroom ... :ROTFL: