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1 hour ago, Herr Barnack said:

Sometimes when I'm out photographing with my M10 Monochrom and a lens or two, I get this odd feeling - like I'm walking around with a bag of diamonds around my neck. 

Anyone else?

This reminds me of many years back ...

We travelled with Leica R/M systems with my wife, so maybe double photog. equipment of normal travellers.

In New Delhi, a waiter in a small café, seeing our equipment (2x M5 and some lenses) asked us how much those could cost.

We were embarrassed to tell him the true cost in indian rupies, and we didn't know the calculated cost but realized that this number would be many years of his earnings.

We told him that this was long time ago bought that we forgot the price of those.

Semi-satisfaction, he insisted a while, so we tried to calculate and divided the sum by ten or twenty to let him meditate at the fabulous sum those strangers can spend.

 

Almost same scenarios repeated themselves later in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.

We were prepared to give "right/acceptable" answers.

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My seven M-mount lenses average out to $800 each - all but one were individually less than $1000 each (exception being the 28mm Elmarit v.4 w/6-bit coding and recent Leica CLA with warranty from Leica Store Miami).

Which is still expensive for "toys" - but since I earn back their cost quickly, not so much for pro use.

BTW - I never carry more than 4 at once: one on a camera, 2-3 in a deliberately-small bag. I pick and choose "combos" depending on the subject, my intent, and whether Jupiter is aligned with Mars in Aquarius. ;)

28/75 - 21/35/75/135 - 21/35/90 - 21/28/35/90 - 21/35/135 - 21/28/50/135

I manage to avoid multiple versions fo the same focal length by side-stepping for characteristics - a 75 f/1.5 for short-tele speed, and a 90 f/2.8 for compact carry, Is just more useful than two 75s or two 90s.

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1 hour ago, a.noctilux said:

This reminds me of many years back ...

We travelled with Leica R/M systems with my wife, so maybe double photog. equipment of normal travellers.

In New Delhi, a waiter in a small café, seeing our equipment (2x M5 and some lenses) asked us how much those could cost.

We were embarrassed to tell him the true cost in indian rupies, and we didn't know the calculated cost but realized that this number would be many years of his earnings.

We told him that this was long time ago bought that we forgot the price of those.

Semi-satisfaction, he insisted a while, so we tried to calculate and divided the sum by ten or twenty to let him meditate at the fabulous sum those strangers can spend.

 

Almost same scenarios repeated themselves later in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.

We were prepared to give "right/acceptable" answers.

i would state a very low price, who knows maybe they are some kind of spotters, to inform actual thieves later on to stick to you

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After reading the summary of the collection of lenses that people own, my mind is reassured. I thought my collection of 5M lenses was over the top, but I can now look into the new year guilt free and look forward to expanding my collection. 😉

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9 hours ago, setuporg said:

Adding another 50 I overlooked 

I didn't post numbers of each. Apologies. If it's of interest for your stat's then; 28*2; 35*3; 50*5; 90*4. All the other focal-lengths are singletons.

Philip.

 

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On 1/3/2022 at 1:41 PM, Herr Barnack said:

Sometimes when I'm out photographing with my M10 Monochrom and a lens or two, I get this odd feeling - like I'm walking around with a bag of diamonds around my neck. 

Anyone else?

No.  I’m a photographer and I’ll never know what it feels like to have a bag of diamonds around my neck!

 

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