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

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Subject: [Leica] Leica prices
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon Jun 6 19:06:20 2005
References: <BECA7368.11E3%bdcolen@comcast.net>

I still have a hard justifying paying more than $800.00 for a Canon  
lens, never mind one that can't earn its keep.

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8, AGCC
http://sdimitrovphoto.com



On Jun 6, 2005, at 6:40 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> That all may be true, Larry - but the question remains: are there  
> enough
> people out there to pay $3200 for an M body, and Godknows what for  
> a DMR to
> keep Leica afloat?
>
>
> On 6/6/05 9:13 PM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>> 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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