Paulus Posted January 29, 2016 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Last night I found a 2004 pricelist in my bookshelf. I was looking for the original price of a Elmarit-M apsh 24mm and saw that it was € 2600,- When I looked at the 1,0 50mm Noctilux I saw a price , new , from € 2800,-. almost as expensive as the 21 Elmarit-M: € 2750,- And now: €4000,- for a used one. Times they are a changing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 Hi Paulus, Take a look here Prices for the Noctilux certainly have risen!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
FrozenInTime Posted January 29, 2016 Share #2 Posted January 29, 2016 You missed the 2010-2013 period when they sold for 6000 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted January 29, 2016 Share #3 Posted January 29, 2016 When I first looked at a Noctilux at a Leica dealer it listed (new) for $711 US, and the dealer would have let me have it for under $700. Of course, that was in 1969, and the dealer was Altman's in Chicago: a three-story camera shop with escalators between floors. The new Noctilux was the an f1.2 aspheric lens. I got a Summicron instead. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Lord Posted February 11, 2016 Share #4 Posted February 11, 2016 F1s are seemingly closing the gap with 0.95s used. Red Dot wanting £4k for F1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdk Posted February 13, 2016 Share #5 Posted February 13, 2016 When I first looked at a Noctilux at a Leica dealer it listed (new) for $711 US, and the dealer would have let me have it for under $700. Of course, that was in 1969, and the dealer was Altman's in Chicago: a three-story camera shop with escalators between floors. The new Noctilux was the an f1.2 aspheric lens. I got a Summicron instead. You could probably get a nice used car for $700 in 1969, as $700 US then was c. $4500 in 2015. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepcat Posted February 13, 2016 Share #6 Posted February 13, 2016 You could probably get a nice used car for $700 in 1969, as $700 US then was c. $4500 in 2015. To give a little perspective here, In 1970 I made $.05 over minimum wage at $1.65/hr as a stock boy in a department store. In 1974 I bought my very first new car, a 1974 Dodge Colt (a Mitsubishsi) for $1725 out the door, tax and license included. $700 in 1970 was HUGE money for the average working joe. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted February 13, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I buying expensive lenses, I always have the feeling that my salary raise outdates the raise of the lensprice for seven years ... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGodParticle/Hari Posted February 13, 2016 Share #8 Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Looks like the f1 v4 will soon overtake the price of the 0.95 I paid €6250 for my new-old stock copy in January 2012 Paid €8.5K for a new 0.95 around 18 months ago, they're readily available for €6500 nowadays My f1.2 version with hood, packaging et al regularly begets me offers for €15K and higher which are all politely refused Edited February 13, 2016 by TheGodParticle Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted February 13, 2016 Share #9 Posted February 13, 2016 I suppose it's logical that the f1 price should close the gap on the f0.95 simply because the f0.95 is still being made, so the f1 is becoming relatively scarcer every day. I sold my f1 ten years ago for about a quarter of what I'd get for it now. Ah well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 13, 2016 Share #10 Posted February 13, 2016 I sold my f1 ten years ago for about a quarter of what I'd get for it now. Ah well... Yes, I did the same. Mint condition for £1000 so that I could buy the then new 50 Summilux ASPH. The only lens I have any real regret about selling (though I suspect that regret is more about missing out on the more recent going rate than it is about missing the actual lens). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireCat Posted February 13, 2016 Share #11 Posted February 13, 2016 Looks like the right price for a 50/1 in good conditions is about $5000 or €4500. Mint copies may go for more, but they take the exact same photo Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted February 13, 2016 I mean " In bying expensive lenses..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepcat Posted February 13, 2016 Share #13 Posted February 13, 2016 I buying expensive lenses, I always have the feeling that my salary raise outdates the raise of the lensprice for seven years ... In 20/20 hindsight, it appears that I should have taken my salary in Noctilux lenses rather than in cash all those years. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Branch Posted February 13, 2016 Share #14 Posted February 13, 2016 Yes, I did the same. Mint condition for £1000 so that I could buy the then new 50 Summilux ASPH. The only lens I have any real regret about selling (though I suspect that regret is more about missing out on the more recent going rate than it is about missing the actual lens). Me too - exactly the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Lord Posted February 14, 2016 Share #15 Posted February 14, 2016 I suppose it's logical that the f1 price should close the gap on the f0.95 simply because the f0.95 is still being made, so the f1 is becoming relatively scarcer every day. I sold my f1 ten years ago for about a quarter of what I'd get for it now. Ah well... I also think that it is a classic Mandler, and to many eyes also has certain qualities and quirks that make it more desirable photographically than the 0.95. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted February 15, 2016 Share #16 Posted February 15, 2016 When the discontinuation of the f/1 Noctilux was announced in 2008, new copies that had been selling for $3200(ish) doubled in price as a result. I was able to lay hands on one for $6500 and was happy to get it. That sounds like highway robbery, but it's a bargain compared to $16,000 for the "Last 100 Noctilux" lenses. I wonder what those last 100 are changing hands for these days? All things considered, I am glad I got the f/1 - it was certainly lower in cost than its replacement and I prefer its rendering over the f/0.95 ASPH. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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