Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Were Leicas always so expensive?
From: "Bill Butz" <bbutz@thegrid.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:15:34 -0700
 
I made 50 cents an hour and owned a Leica IIIA. Camera prices were
controlled by the OPA and few Leicas were sold on the open market. I used an
Elmar with Kodachrome and did about as well as I do today! Bill