Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 10, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Bob Adler wrote: > Just curious if any of the finance wizards in the LUG can calculate the > real cost of a Leica camera and lenses (say best in class and excluding > the Noctilux) on today's dollars vs 15 or 20 years ago. > > My gut tells me Leicas have always been exorbitantly expensive. Current > LUG members are aging boomers who must be, of necessity, more conservative > with their spending. > > Frank? Jayanand? Others? Anyone have MSRP over the years and annual real > inflation numbers? Not sure what the point of this periodic "Leica gear cost a lot of money" How much then? How much now? It's all available used at a fraction of the release cost. Compare to best of any brand. Compare to Alpa, Linhof, Nikon Apo, Phase One, Leaf, Schneider, Rodenstock, Photography has always cost a lot of money, Always. Computers cost a lot of money. I have 25 thousand dollars worth of enlargers - anybody want them? I spent 12 thousand dollars on scanners over the years; still have two of them - anybody want them - anybody running SCSI? Get over it. Enjoy what ever camera and/or lens you have in your hands. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist