jpattison Posted July 3, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 3, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) This Noctilux just sold on eBay... Leitz Leica NOCTILUX Objektiv Lens 1:1,2 / 50mm on eBay (end time 03-Jul-11 15:58:30 BST) It looks like a very early one (first produced in 1966) in hardly used condition, sold for £14,621. http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/lenses/lenses/page55.html Please show your pics with this when it arrives, whoever you are! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pico Posted July 4, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 4, 2011 Many people have more dollars than sense. Get over it. Those buyers are outliers which are far out of the range that establishes worth, or market value, the Mean average. And they don't make pictures they would expose to the public, although they might hire ghost-photographers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted July 4, 2011 Share #3 Posted July 4, 2011 My first thought was it was someone who viewed the auction, noticed the word "Noctilux" and didn't realize Leica has been making them for quite a while...BUT THERE WERE 46 BIDS??? Makes no sense to me?!?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted July 4, 2011 46 bids from 18 people. Maybe it was the first one made? JC? If you read Mr Puts review above, it's not been bought for it's performance! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted July 4, 2011 According to the Wiki, it was made in the first year, with 200 numbers allocated in 1966. started at 2176701. This one is 2176769. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesop Posted July 4, 2011 Share #6 Posted July 4, 2011 According to the Wiki, it was made in the first year, with 200 numbers allocated in 1966.started at 2176701. This one is 2176769. John ...collectors, John. An increasingly integral part of Leica's customer base, whatever you or I may think. Gotta love them for what they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted July 4, 2011 Share #7 Posted July 4, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Whatever Putzzz says the f/1.2 performance looks resonable compared with the f/1 from '75, but it is probably a shelf queen in a air cond glass cabinet now. If you want a SC f/1.2 the '55 Canon f/1.2 LTM is resonable and somewhat cheaper. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted July 4, 2011 Share #8 Posted July 4, 2011 I think is very unprobable that we'll see pictures taken with that lens... very rich collectors, imho, aren't typical LUF members... Anyway, the old Noctilux has a certain aura... ... but the above sale has been indeed VERY HIGH... partially justified by the low s/n; so better that 24 years are a lot of time and I haven't so much to regret after such a long time (24 years ago, I had a Noctilux 1,2 for 7 months about... bought and sold with no loss at price level around 1/10 of the above... but in a era of strong dollar, I seem to remember...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share #9 Posted July 4, 2011 Great Luigi, at least you can post some f1.2 shots!!! Please? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvaliquette Posted July 5, 2011 Share #10 Posted July 5, 2011 Many people have more dollars than sense. Pico, how right you are. Did anybody notice this particular phrase in the listing: Der Versand erfolgt mit Paket oder Päckchen mit Ablieferungsnachweis und ist unversichert. Shipment by registered, uninsured Parcel. ...and not a single bidder asked a question! Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesop Posted July 5, 2011 Share #11 Posted July 5, 2011 Pico, how right you are. Did anybody notice this particular phrase in the listing: Der Versand erfolgt mit Paket oder Päckchen mit Ablieferungsnachweis und ist unversichert. Shipment by registered, uninsured Parcel. ...and not a single bidder asked a question! Guy ...probably because they will be making their own shipping arrangements, Guy. Standard practice at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvaliquette Posted July 5, 2011 Share #12 Posted July 5, 2011 ...probably because they will be making their own shipping arrangements, Guy. Standard practice at this level. Still seems much too cheap and petty for dealing "at this level". But then, I am not "at this level". Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted July 5, 2011 Share #13 Posted July 5, 2011 Great Luigi, at least you can post some f1.2 shots!!! Please? John Well... I should have to scan some unsignificant pictures made lot of time ago (in my Leica's history "times of M2") , and the only taken at 1,2 were for test...time ago I wrote in the Forum the funny story of my short period in which I tried to use it as my standard 50... ... hopinig that people would recognize IT ... to be quick, it ended when, into a mountain hut (M2 with Nocti on the table) a guy looked at it with interest and told me "... fine, a Leica... what a strange big lens... is it russian ?..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share #14 Posted July 5, 2011 Luigi, thanks, that's a great story! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphoenix Posted July 11, 2011 Share #15 Posted July 11, 2011 I think is very unprobable that we'll see pictures taken with that lens... very rich collectors, imho, aren't typical LUF members... Anyway, the old Noctilux has a certain aura... ... but the above sale has been indeed VERY HIGH... partially justified by the low s/n; so better that 24 years are a lot of time and I haven't so much to regret after such a long time (24 years ago, I had a Noctilux 1,2 for 7 months about... bought and sold with no loss at price level around 1/10 of the above... but in a era of strong dollar, I seem to remember...) Hopefully, because someone felt it was worth paying so much, the lens will be protected and recognised as a collectable when it comes time for an inheritance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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