BerndReini Posted June 12, 2014 Share #1 Â Posted June 12, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Leica have some nerve increasing the price of a lens that they have been unable to deliver to people who have been waiting for it for months or even years by $900. This is appalling and they should honor the current price on all orders placed before the increase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Hi BerndReini, Take a look here Price increase on 50 Apo coming soon. Seriously?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jeff S Posted June 12, 2014 Share #2 Â Posted June 12, 2014 Extension of this thread. Â I think current price will be honored for orders before July 1; this has happened many times, including the even more expensive S lenses, which took forever. Even this same lens already had a price increase May 1 of last year. Â I'm hardly surprised given all the extra work, and cost, that has gone into making this lens right. Â Welcome to Leica world. Â Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted June 12, 2014 Share #3 Â Posted June 12, 2014 To my understanding 'apo' is the furthest point. I guess I am not in the target market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted June 12, 2014 Share #4 Â Posted June 12, 2014 Leica have some nerve increasing the price of a lens that they have been unable to deliver to people who have been waiting for it for months or even years by $900. This is appalling and they should honor the current price on all orders placed before the increase. Â Do you have any hard information they will not? Â s-a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndReini Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share #5 Â Posted June 12, 2014 I guess if they honor the current price, I'll have a lot of thinking to do before the increase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted June 12, 2014 Share #6 Â Posted June 12, 2014 I guess if they honor the current price, I'll have a lot of thinking to do before the increase. Â Indeed. It is a great deal of money, at either price. Â s-a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsh Posted June 12, 2014 Share #7 Â Posted June 12, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Like the 21 & 24 Summiluxes, the upcoming 28 Summilux and the 50 Noctilux, it is a specialty lens and the price is high and on the rise. There is no doubt in my mind that the 50 Apo Summicron is a fantastic lens and if I had an unlimited budget, I might have it and all of the lenses liter above. As is, I am grateful for what I do have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted June 12, 2014 Share #8 Â Posted June 12, 2014 Word on the street is that there is also a price increase coming on the yet to be released successor to the M240. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndReini Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share #9 Â Posted June 12, 2014 I just got confirmation that Leica will honor the current price, but you have to check with your respective dealer about what agreement they have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiOnara Posted June 13, 2014 Share #10 Â Posted June 13, 2014 Ordered! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted June 13, 2014 Share #11  Posted June 13, 2014 Ordered!  "Boldness has power and magic to it." -Goethe  s-a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodies Posted June 13, 2014 Share #12 Â Posted June 13, 2014 How much of this 900$ is due to increased manufacturing costs and how much goes to extra profit? Has Leica ever discovered an upper limit to what we will pay for a lens? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted June 13, 2014 Share #13 Â Posted June 13, 2014 Are you speculating which is so? There are several 50mm options available of course from the Summarit through to the Noctilux for a range of prices. You can't hold Leica Camera responsible if you find that desire and technolust mean that you really want (more than need?) a lens despite the cost ;-) Â I can comment at least that an order placed with deposit by a friend of mine here (Australia) prior to the last price increase across the range here is to be delivered at that earlier price. Â Regarding supply and availability, I had the opportunity to speak with the Director of Operations in Wetzlar about this lens when he acting as one of the tour guides for visitors as part of the centennial celebrations events. He was a very pleasant and helpful gentleman incidentally. Surprising how often the guides allocated at each station introduced themselves by starting to say, I have been with Leica Camera for 30 years...... Â I was told that the production processes for this lens are all resolved and it is in serial production. However I was reminded that it is an extremely demanding design to manufacture and production volume will always be limited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiOnara Posted June 13, 2014 Share #14 Â Posted June 13, 2014 "Boldness has power and magic to it." -Goethe s-a and an empty bank account! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted June 14, 2014 Share #15 Â Posted June 14, 2014 Has anyone found out what changes were made to the lens in production and is a returned/reworked lens entirely equivalent to current production? Â I suppose it is not surprising the lens has gone up in price so much - though still less than the Noctilux but I do feel the law of diminishing returns at work here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveYork Posted June 15, 2014 Share #16 Â Posted June 15, 2014 How much of this 900$ is due to increased manufacturing costs and how much goes to extra profit? Has Leica ever discovered an upper limit to what we will pay for a lens? Â Leica pricing has always been based on what the market will bear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantice Posted June 15, 2014 Share #17 Â Posted June 15, 2014 I'll pay the extra 900$ or twice more if they can delivery it in 30 days. Â Its very scare to think of the portion of a person's total lifetime has been wasted on waiting such lens - its been more than a year, and a scary 2% if I'm lucky to live another 50 years. Â Maybe because I'm still relatively young compare to most population in this forum, and 1 year is heck of a lot of life opportunity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient XI Posted June 15, 2014 Share #18  Posted June 15, 2014 Shouldn't affect us in the UK; the current prices seem to be calculated on £1 = €1.12. The rate is currently heading north from around €1.242. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted June 16, 2014 Share #19 Â Posted June 16, 2014 Leica pricing has always been based on what the market will bear. Based on what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted June 16, 2014 Share #20 Â Posted June 16, 2014 Leica pricing has always been based on what the market will bear. Â And which company is different? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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