Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Schliesser wrote: > > Someone on the list had asked the original price of the M3. I looked it > up, but I lost the original message and forgot who it was who asked. > > This is not the 1954 price, but I found these prices for 1958, when the > M2 was released: > > M2: > with 50mm f/2.8 Elmar KIHOO $276.00 > with 50mm rigid Summmicron KIOOL 345.00 > > M3: > with 50mm f/2.8 Elmar IMOLO 330.00 > with 50mm rigid Summicron ISUMO-S 399.00 > with 50mm f/1.5 Summarit ISAIO 414.00 > > These prices all include Federal Manufacturer's Excise Tax > > This if from a sales brochure reprinted in Lager's _Leica Literature_. > > - Paul I lost the original post also but my 1956 Leica Product Directory lists the M3 as follows: M3 without lens IGEMO 288.00 M3 w/50mm Elmar f3.5 IMARO 354.00 M3 w/50mm Summicron f2 ISUMO 447.00 M3 w/50mm Summarit f1.5 ISAIO 477.00 Again, these are with the Federal Manufacturer's Excise Tax included. Did the dollar imnprove that much in two years? BTW, a Leica 72 LKOOM was 189.00 Robert