Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] The Real Cost of Leicas
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:50:07 +0100
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Why? Both are used to take pictures. In 1993 there were no digital Leicas to 
compare to.

Anyway, you can do the same for lenses.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA









On Jan 11, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Doug Herr wrote:

> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 
>> 
>> http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
>> 
>> Since 1993 (i.e. 20 years ago), the CPI in the US has risen about 60%. 
>> 
>> So a $7000 Leica M10 would have cost about $4300 in 1993-dollars. I don't 
>> think the Leica M6 was anywhere near that.
>> 
> 
> Price comparisons of film and digital cameras fail: apples, oranges.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
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