Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks I was looking for it and could not find it. But I still don't have a nice list. Not so easy of a search engine find. On 2/3/13 2:46 AM, "W. R. Smith" <wrs111445 at yahoo.com> wrote: > You can add the Nikon 28Ti/ 35Ti to that list. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon doesn't see it quite like Mark > > Yes of course XA was not in the premium range. Most of the others though > were. All of them I think. > > > On 2/3/13 1:44 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > >> 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=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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> > > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/