Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/10

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Subject: [Leica] M9 - not much more expensive than M8?
From: joseph at yao.com (Joseph Yao)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:46:27 +0800
 
Has anyone priced a 1973 Carrera 2.7RS lately?  Been offered one for
US$260k.  It probably cost less than US$15,000 in 1973.

Joseph


On 8/11/09 10:23 AM, "stasys1 at cox.net" <stasys1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Jerry- I saw a Carrera Speedster at a shop/sales operation Saturday- I 
> think
> it is probably north of $150K. Stasys
> ---- Jerry Lehrer <glehrer at san.rr.com> wrote:
>> LUGers,
>> 
>> The word is "inevitable"!  Isn't it?
>> 
>> It is not sensor size, or even pixel mega-size.  It is how low angle
>> rays are handled.  A
>> little progress here; a bit more progress there (from Leica and Kodak)
>> Et voila!  A full
>> frame digii-M.
>> 
>> I do remember when $8000 would buy TWO brand new Porsches.  Yes, in 1955 
>> the
>> Porsche 1600 Normal Speedsters were $3000 each!
>> 
>> Jerry
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