Ever bought a NEW Leica body or lens.

Ever bought a NEW Leica body or lens.

  • yes in the last 10 years

    Votes: 302 45.6%

  • yes more than 10 years ago

    Votes: 75 11.3%

  • No

    Votes: 285 43.1%
  • Total voters
    662
I bought a new Leica M6 and 35mm Summicron V4 in the nineties...foolishly sold them some years later. It's all been used Leica since then.
 
Lux 50 a couple of years ago.
I use it mainly on a fuji x-pro1 (handles much faster in manual in very dark environments than any of the fuji lenses).
 
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I have 11 lenses which are used with the above. None are Leicas. Some (Hex M's) were bought (new) before my first Leica purchase and i haven't seen any reason to "upgrade?" them. I would love to own the 50 1.4 Lux though just to find out what all the hoopla is about this lens. Haven't felt any need to upgrade from the M-E to the M 240 but would love to buy a new MP film body. In fact i would buy the MP long before splashing new money on the 50 Lux.
 
Used everything. That said, there was one small purchase. I bought a brand hood for a 35 'Cron once from a Leica store, I needed it and happened to be passing. Bought on a whim. That was it. No wonder they have to sell new stuff for such high prices, their stuff from decades ago is often just as good as anything new and so everybody keeps buying that instead!
 
Within the past 10 years: D-Lux 3 D-Lux 4 D-Lux 6.

More than 10 years ago: (OK, more than 20 years ago--make it 30-- OK, OK, it was in the 1960's): M2; 35mm Summaron; 90mm Elmarit. I still have them.
 
I've bought a few new items. No regrets with any of them.

More than 10 years ago:
  • M6 TTL - in 1999
My first Leica and I thought it would be my last. Boy what a slippery slope I entered into with this one.
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Within the last 10 years:
  • M8 & 28mm Summicron-M - When discounted in 2008
This combo is still my favorite "35mm" walkabout setup. Absolutely love it.
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  • 75mm APO-Summicron-M - in 2014
This one is the crazy one:
  • 50mm APO-Summicron-M in 2014
Still happy to have it and remain amazed I found the nerve to pull the trigger and buy it!
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Leica M-E purchased new April last year.
35mm f/2.5 Summarit purchased new in August 2013.
50mm f/2 Summicron purchased new in October 2015.

The rest of my Leica gear was purchased used.
 
No.
I can't afford a new Leica. I had the M4-P, IIIc and M2. Even the used digital models are outside of my price range. I did spend $2K on a Summilux once though. I would simply not buy a digital Leica. Older film models last forever. You can always fix an M2, no matter what. If it gets destroyed, well, you lose $600, not $6K. I had my Fuji X100S break after 5K shots.. Leicas do that too sometimes. The sensor will get bad and you have an expensive paper weight. If they were more like $3K, I might save up and get one, but not for more. I would need to be much richer to risk buying such an expensive digital camera. There are other digital cameras out there just as good and costing half the price. For film though, Leica is it.

Gil.
 
gilgsn said:
There are other digital cameras out there just as good and costing half the price. For film though, Leica is it.
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There are plenty of film alternatives for any Leica, although you may need to buy used. The only alternative for digital M cameras is the Epson R-D1.

Preferences are a different matter, of course.
 
Guilty admission

Guilty admission

Have to admit, most of my purchases are for new Leica lenses. Will buy used, of course, mostly when no longer available new. Just got a new 50mm Apo Summicron M. But also just got a used 75mm Apo Summicron M - price was just too good.
 
All in the last 3 1/2 years
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L to R
Leica M 262 35 Lux FLE, M-E 90 cron (mid 1980s), MM and Zeiss 35 2.8 Biogon C ZM
 
New: 50mm cron v5.

And also my very first Leica purchase. Considering that I use this one quite a lot, I should have just bought a used one.
 
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