Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Vick, > Take a cold shower. or join the equivalent of AA for e-bay addicts, Steve > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> ...cough....cough....sputter....Two hundred dollars????? >> >> Oh, thank you guys, from the bottom of my pocket-book. And for the >> sake >> of my wife and son's well-being, groceries, and ability to buy and >> wear new >> clothes.... :-) >> >> I need to get over this fever badly, and quickly. Maybe a large >> baseball >> bat across the forehead will do it. >> >> Also, I understand that the 50/2 Elcan is not a great performer >> too, so no >> redeeming value to buy-and-try the lens. >> >> One thing that scares the cr@p out of me is, what if I buy this >> thing, how >> am I ever going to get my money out of it again? Sure, there's one >> born >> every minute, but how am I going to find him? And are they never >> "female", >> so it immediately eliminates half the population? >> >> Please all, keep telling me to "go out and shoot photos", >> "historically >> the KE-7A is worth the same as a share of <name your defunct >> company - >> Bre-X, NORTEL, ...>" >> >> ...Vick >> >> >> From: amr3@uwm.edu >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> To: lug@leica-users.org >>> Subject: [Leica] Re: KE-7 >>> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:01:44 -0500 >>> >>> Quoting : "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> >>> >>>> Just to make you feel bad..... >>>> >>>> I do remember that at the end of the production cycle, I saw new >>>> KE-7A >>>> cameras selling for around $2K. And gain, a few years later, >>>> when the >>> US >>>> decided to rid themselves of the cameras, they sold for around $1K >>> with lens >>>> , used, new in box.......as surplus...... >>> >>> ...................................................................................................................................... >>> To make you feel worse...... >>> >>> In the 1980's, our department, through government surplus, >>> obtained a >>> KE-7 with >>> 50mm Elcan lens for about $200. We traded it in for a more usable >>> kit: >>> two >>> M4-2 bodies, a winder, a 35mm black Summicron, and a 90mm Summicron. >>> Before >>> the deal, for fun, I took a self-portrait holding the KE-7 in >>> vertical >>> position >>> so the top plate engraving showed. >>> >>> Alan >>> >>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >>> University Information Technology Services >>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >>> amr3@uwm.edu >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information