Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We will never see those days again due to sensor costs, not remotely the same as building around a 35mm film cassette. I thought you were still presenting images here taken with a smaller sensor than the M8 ;-) john > -----Original Message----- > > Frank I'm used to compact quality cameras costing a grand 20 or 30 years > ago > with a fixed lens as were a lot of people I knew. And the list of those > cameras > I've typed out a few times. > The Minox 35 GT. Or Minox 35s > Contax T. Rollei 35m, Olympus XA > Those excited me and they excited a lot of people and we used them and > blew up the pix in our largest darkroom trays. > That fact that they were not cheap did not freak anybody out. > A camera with interchangeable glass with a sensor the size of my pinky > fingernail absolutely does not turn my head at all. > > One of those cameras which were so valued by top people in lets say 1980 @ > $1000 = $2,786.33 today. > The exact price of the Sony > CPI Inflation Calculator > http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1000&year1=1980&year2=2012 > > > > On 2/3/13 1:19 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > > Mark.. it is a $2800 camera with a fixed lens. > > > > You could find a used M8 with 35 Summicron for about the same price.. > > and the lens is removeable.... > > > > Maybe when it is discounted to $1K it will be reasonable, but not > > now..... > > > > My $0.02. > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > >