Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought my 35TE (mint boxed) used for 50UKP in 1983 and my 35S for the same a few years later, prices were totally different with film. john > -----Original Message----- >On Behalf Of Richard Man > Sent: Sunday, 3 February 2013 7:41 p.m. > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon doesn't see it quite like Mark > > I'm pretty sure I bought my XA new in 1985 (when I got married) for ~$90 or > so. A few years ago, the rewind crank broke and I bought a replacement for > $50. > > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > 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=201 > > 2 > > > > > > > > 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 > > >