Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 7, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Vick Ko wrote: > ...cough....cough....sputter....Two hundred dollars????? > > Oh, thank you guys, from the bottom of my pocket-book. And for the > sake of my wife and son's well-being, groceries, and ability to buy > and wear new clothes.... :-) > > I need to get over this fever badly, and quickly. Maybe a large > baseball bat across the forehead will do it. > > Also, I understand that the 50/2 Elcan is not a great performer too, > so no redeeming value to buy-and-try the lens. > > One thing that scares the cr@p out of me is, what if I buy this > thing, how am I ever going to get my money out of it again? Sure, > there's one born every minute, but how am I going to find him? And > are they never "female", so it immediately eliminates half the > population? > > Please all, keep telling me to "go out and shoot photos", > "historically the KE-7A is worth the same as a share of <name your > defunct company - Bre-X, NORTEL, ...>" hey Vick... get over it, go out and "take some pictures", Steve > > > ...Vick > > >> From: amr3@uwm.edu >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> Subject: [Leica] Re: KE-7 >> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:01:44 -0500 >> >> Quoting : "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> >> >> > Just to make you feel bad..... >> > >> > I do remember that at the end of the production cycle, I saw new >> KE-7A >> > cameras selling for around $2K. And gain, a few years later, >> when the US >> > decided to rid themselves of the cameras, they sold for around >> $1K with lens >> > , used, new in box.......as surplus...... >> ...................................................................................................................................... >> To make you feel worse...... >> >> In the 1980's, our department, through government surplus, obtained >> a KE-7 with >> 50mm Elcan lens for about $200. We traded it in for a more usable >> kit: two >> M4-2 bodies, a winder, a 35mm black Summicron, and a 90mm >> Summicron. Before >> the deal, for fun, I took a self-portrait holding the KE-7 in >> vertical position >> so the top plate engraving showed. >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> University Information Technology Services >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >> amr3@uwm.edu >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information