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Subject: [Leica] Question 2 this evening: historical prices
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:50:40 +0100
References: <11035921.1269178404419.JavaMail.root@wamui-cynical.atl.sa.earthlink.net><19b6d42d1003211031y49e4a583vb63ea1fccca49169@mail.gmail.com><359CDD94C715454FA87CC866171A078F@jimnichols> <C4A573E9-65C4-4144-AECB-D616534C6BB0@gmail.com> <EEE31A6BE53B449480BA302EA3365902@jimnichols>

Yes Jim, and I think that the proportion was still more important than  
today could be

Saludos
Lluis

El 21/03/2010, a las 19:48, Jim Nichols escribi?:

> Lluis,
>
> I was still shooting with a Leica IIIa and 50mm Elmar that I bought  
> used for about half those prices in 1952, and I certainly could not  
> afford the new M 3.  I suspect that the M 3 with Summarit cost about  
> half the price of a new Ford or Chevrolet at that time.  Seems  
> comparable to the relative price of a M9 and a good lens today.
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lluis Ripoll Querol" 
> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com 
> >
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question 2 this evening: historical prices
>
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> This is very interesting, I presume that these prices was very   
>> expensive in 1955.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lluis
>>
>> El 21/03/2010, a las 18:52, Jim Nichols escribi?:
>>
>>> Vince,
>>>
>>> I have the November 1955 Leica Product Directory.
>>>
>>> Catalog    Code
>>> Number    Word                       Item Retail Price
>>> ******    ******    ********************************        ********
>>> 10,150    IGEMO    Leica M 3 without lens $288.00
>>> 10,155    IMARO    Leica M 3 with 50mm Elmar f/3.5 lens 348.00
>>> 10,161    ISUMO    Leica M 3 with 50mm Summicron f/2  lens 447.00
>>> 10,165    ISAIO      Leica M 3 with 50mm Summarit f/1.5 lens 468.00
>>>
>>> Ask about any other items from this catalog that you might like  
>>> for  your collection, and I will be happy to look them up for you.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vince Passaro" <passaro.vince at 
>>> gmail.com
>>> >
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:31 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question 2 this evening: historical prices
>>>
>>>
>>>> Doug many thanks this has been helpful. I assume you're working  
>>>> off your own
>>>> memory/records of your purchases? What does IIRC mean? And NOS?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at 
>>>> earthlink.net
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Vince Passaro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >I'm looking for actual at-the-time they were marketed dollar
>>>>> prices for
>>>>> >certain historical cameras, for a couple of academic reasons.
>>>>> Does >anyone
>>>>> >have a source/sources? For instance I would love to know M3
>>>>> prices >through
>>>>> >the 1950s; Nikon F prices 1959 to, say, 1980; Leica prices in the
>>>>> 1970s.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> IIRC a Nikon F in 1972 or so was US$310.  NOS Leicaflex SL in  
>>>>> 1979  was
>>>>> US$510.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug Herr
>>>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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