Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Evelyn Khong wrote: > >> Stephen Gandy wrote: > >> >I would say in the land of Supply and Demand. at that point in time the > >> 15's > >> >were far and few between in the US. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> History again confirms that patience has its virtues. If people waited a > >> few more weeks, they would pay much less for the lens. To me, owning a 15 > >> Heliar is not a life and death situation. It's sad to see how people give > >> up an arm and a leg to own a piece of glass. > >> > >> Dan K. > > > >Dan, right you are. Just just hang on and wait a bit longer till it gets > >cheaper. then you wait a bit longer still. It may get cheaper still. Then you > >wait a bit longer......................Then...... > > > >5 Years later: Then you wait a bit longer until gets a bit cheaper. > >Then................. > > > >In the meantime: All those impatient people who bought the 15 mm lens to > early > >and had all sorts of fun with it................................... > > > >Regards, Horst Schmidt > > > > > > Oh.. It's really FUN when you buy your Heliar for $1350 and then 6 months > later some other guy next block orders it for $499. > > Dan K. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dan, you didn't really? Did you? Regards, Horst Schmidt