dfarkas Posted May 22, 2008 Share #1 Posted May 22, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica has just announced a special, limited edition Noctilux. These will be the very last 100 Noctiluxes ever made. They come in a special, custom humidor box hand-made by Elie Bleu Tabletier in Paris. Only 100 are being offered world-wide, which means only a handful will be offered in the US. Price is $16,100 for this collectable edition. Delivery will start in July 2008. You can check out more info on our website: Leica Special Edition Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.0 David Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/53719-special-limited-edition-noctilux-m/?do=findComment&comment=565115'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Hi dfarkas, Take a look here Special Limited Edition Noctilux-M. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest darkstar2004 Posted May 22, 2008 Share #2 Posted May 22, 2008 A sad ending for a magnificent lens that is a Titan of photographic history. Oil Shieks and Exxon board of directors members must be lining up as we speak to get theirs... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmy pro Posted May 22, 2008 Share #3 Posted May 22, 2008 Agreed. That's the most decadent and disgusting thing I've seen from Leica, more than any of there stupid Princess-of-Lechtenstien-Loses-Her-Virginity commemoratives. Yeah yeah, they need the profits to survive, yada yada, let's all give them a high five for being marketing geniuses. But I just don't get it, if they want to be taken seriously as a camera manufacturer, why do something that just reinforces all the stereotypes of Leica as the Danbury Mint of photography? Jim Provenzano Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Ortego Posted May 22, 2008 Share #4 Posted May 22, 2008 Ok, I have to say this without reservation. The box alone has already tempted me to consider a second mortgage to have one… but not quite! Likewise, it would go nicely with the $2500.00 Gitzo 90th Anniversary tripod so I guess this is a fairly common practice in photog collector's arena. ~ Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmy pro Posted May 22, 2008 Share #5 Posted May 22, 2008 Dude, then you really want one of THESE for your M8! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted May 22, 2008 Share #6 Posted May 22, 2008 Funny that we can have so different feelings guys. The 50/1 is one of Leica's greatest masterworks ever made and no doubt they deserve to earn some good money with it IMHO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leicawanabe Posted May 22, 2008 Share #7 Posted May 22, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) At the risk of upsetting a few loyalist ...... This is a joke. The future of this company is very questionable and with the price points where they are Leica may verywell drive themselves out of business. Dealer cost on the Noct several months ago was 3700.00 go figure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertW Posted May 22, 2008 Share #8 Posted May 22, 2008 $16,100 I was already speachless when it was $6,000+ last year Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted May 22, 2008 Share #9 Posted May 22, 2008 I have the cardboard box version, bought July 2007 new, IR filter, coded..... How much would you buy it with the cardboard box made by Who Knows, cartonier in Solms :-) Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 22, 2008 Share #10 Posted May 22, 2008 Good luck to 'em. "As much as the market will bear" Regards, Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted May 22, 2008 Share #11 Posted May 22, 2008 Supply and demand I think. Who would I be to judge the collector next door who jumps up and down about this offer? Personally, I find it funny to put such a nice lens in a casket. Dirk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlatkob Posted May 22, 2008 Share #12 Posted May 22, 2008 It's not decadent or disgusting. It's a beautiful presentation of a beautiful object. There are plenty of users lenses out there. There's nothing wrong with having a small number stored away unused by collectors. Some people are collectors; thanks to them we have museums and galleries. Other people are creative; thanks to them we have art and beautiful objects. And other people are viewers; thanks to them we have an audience. Something for everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 22, 2008 Share #13 Posted May 22, 2008 It's not decadent or disgusting. It's a beautiful presentation of a beautiful object. There are plenty of users lenses out there. There's nothing wrong with having a small number stored away unused by collectors. Some people are collectors; thanks to them we have museums and galleries. Other people are creative; thanks to them we have art and beautiful objects. And other people are viewers; thanks to them we have an audience. Something for everyone. zlatkob, you are a grown-up. Thanks for that very neat summary. Regards, Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostia Posted May 22, 2008 Share #14 Posted May 22, 2008 I bought mine, last version, as new on the Bay, two months ago at $ 4.300. This offer is disgusting and is an offense to all Leica's lovers. Fortunately, for some of them, the Oil price is now almost $ 150 ! Disgusting, I said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted May 22, 2008 Share #15 Posted May 22, 2008 There is another way - they should make these editions without glass and charge half the price. After all none of these lenses will ever be used, more likely that the boxes will never be opened! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 22, 2008 Share #16 Posted May 22, 2008 I bought mine, last version, as new on the Bay, two months ago at $ 4.300.This offer is disgusting and is an offense to all Leica's lovers. Fortunately, for some of them, the Oil price is now almost $ 150 ! Disgusting, I said. Arrant rubbish. Regards, Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share #17 Posted May 22, 2008 Leica collecting is a whole other world. People will pay tens of thousands for an original MP. Non-working prototypes fetch four or five figures. Limited release lenses like the 35-70 Vario-Elmarit sell used for 3 times what they cost new. Hey, forget lenses and Leica... think about special edition watches, cars, motorcycles, handbags, shoes (!!!), stamps, coins, etc. Would you call a purchaser of a Chronoswiss Regulateur a Tourbillon Squelette nuts for spending $65,000? You can buy a watch for 10 bucks that tells the time, but the Chronoswiss is a work of art and made in limited numbers. Leica is not desperate or opportunistic. This is the oldest product in manufacture right now, introduced in 1976. It has always held a certain mystique. Leica is just giving collectors and the lens itself a send-off worthy of a legend. I'm sure this set will increase in value as time goes on. I'm told that the hand-made humidor alone costs roughly half of the price! Apparently these are some of the best humidors made in the world. It would seem that people even collect boxes. Wait till Photokina and you will see products made to be used. But, give Leica and Leica collectors a break. To each their own passions and addictions. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostia Posted May 22, 2008 Share #18 Posted May 22, 2008 There is another way - they should make these editions without glass and charge half the price. After all none of these lenses will ever be used, more likely that the boxes will never be opened! Leica could propose a light modification after few months : change the hydrometer for a more efficient one, at only..... $ 1,200 ! Only for collectors. Business is business. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badpets Posted May 22, 2008 Share #19 Posted May 22, 2008 Is there any improvement on the lens except the presentation? How come the lens is placed in the center of a cross? It makes the box seem like a mini coffin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 22, 2008 Share #20 Posted May 22, 2008 If they find 100 people around the world, or even I think 80 only, OK, they have made a right move, period. I don't think it's disgusting... decadent in a certain mood... the end of a out-of-time way to manufacture what, in theory, is a normally listed item. What is, for me, really a little exaggerate, is the hydrometer: it suggests that the lens has to be treated with care for it SUFFERS certain environments... what about thinking of USING it, say, in a humid-rainy time open air night music event ? As for the presentation... well, better a luxury packaging than, say, some horrid finishing like platinum/titan/gold or so... imho, the terrible "special edition M bodies" were worst in any sense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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