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Subject: [Leica] Was Nokton, now Summicron prices
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Tue Sep 5 13:02:05 2006

So the fact that the price is more outrageous than it was isn't Leica's
fault, the fault is in ourselves....;-)


On 9/5/06 3:52 PM, "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org> wrote:

> Actually, the EURUSD exchange rate probably explains it all.
> 
> The Euro was worth as low as about 86 cents back in 2002.  It's now
> $1.29: a 50% increase.
> 
> 
> B. D. Colen wrote:
>> That certainly plays a part in it.
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/5/06 3:34 PM, "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>   
>>> More to do with the declining $US I think.
>>> 
>>> John Collier
>>> 
>>> On 5-Sep-06, at 1:32 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:
>>> 
>>>     
>>>> And, yes, the price was insane at $1000 and is even more insane at
>>>> $1500.
>>>> But then that's the Leica "mystique." ;-)
>>>>       
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