[Leica] You can buy the Noctilux 50 1.2 on *bay...

[imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)]

In the case of the 1.2 Noctilux one would have to add to its values:
        1) Rarity - much like $5K wine
        2) Build quality - much like the $5K wine
        3) Brand - much like the $5K wine
And of course the "no emotional or financial investment" is really  
the point. Expensive and high end items generally possess exceptional  
qualities as well as small groups of folks willing and able to invest  
emotion and money. And yes none of this has anything to do with, in  
the case of lenses, with simply the image quality; and in the case of  
wine, simply the taste (I'm not talking here of a $5 bottle - rather  
comparing a $355 bottle with $5K bottle). In fact, now that I think  
about about it - from what I hear the $5K bottles generally taste  
like s--t and are valued almost purely on their rarity and legend. I  
reckon the same would hold true for cars, boats, et al.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On Aug 24, 2006, at 9:12 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> show me the difference - other than
> the size, the weight, and the cost...This is a lens that came with  
> a body I
> bought in Ebay about a decade ago - I've got no emotional - or  
> financial -
> investment in it, and haven't ever bothered with it.