Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/06

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Subject: [Leica] Leica prices
From: lrzeitlin at aol.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Mon Jun 6 18:13:19 2005
 
Leica's proposed prices are not too far out of line. At the end of 1954, 
I bought a new Leica M3 with an M mount Elmar lens for under $300. At an 
annualized price increase of 6% a year, corresponding roughly to the 
average inflation rate, the same camera would cost about $5000 today. 
But in 1954 I also bought a new VW for about $1100, a copy of the Sunday 
NY Times for 30 cents, and a cup of coffee for a nickle.

Larry Z
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