[Leica] Canon doesn't see it quite like Mark

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

I'm pretty sure I bought my XA new in 1985 (when I got married) for ~$90 or
so. A few years ago, the rewind crank broke and I bought a replacement for
$50.


On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> Frank I'm used to compact quality cameras costing a grand 20 or 30 years
> ago
> with a fixed lens as were a lot of people I knew. And the list of those
> cameras I've typed out a few times.
> The Minox 35 GT. Or Minox 35s
> Contax T. Rollei 35m, Olympus XA
> Those excited me and they excited a lot of people and we used them and blew
> up the pix in our largest darkroom trays.
> That fact that they were not cheap did not freak anybody out.
> A camera with interchangeable  glass with a sensor the size of my pinky
> fingernail absolutely does not turn my head at all.
>
> One of those cameras which were so valued by top people in lets say 1980 @
> $1000 =  $2,786.33 today.
> The exact price of the Sony
> CPI Inflation Calculator
> http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1000&year1=1980&year2=2012
>
>
>
> On 2/3/13 1:19 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Mark.. it is a $2800 camera with a fixed lens.
> >
> > You could find a used M8 with 35 Summicron for about the same price.. and
> > the lens is removeable....
> >
> > Maybe when it is discounted to $1K it will be reasonable, but not
> now.....
> >
> > My $0.02.
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at verizon.net
> >
> >
> >
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