Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In response to Mark's question about prices of Leicas and other cameras from the same time in the past, I have a list of prices from 1937. Here are some examples of 35 mm cameras then. Argus 12.50 Retina 57.50 Welta 50.00 Zeiss Nettax 165.00 Leica f 195.00 Contax III 268.00 - 423.00 All prices were US $, from a survey done in American Photography, I don't know what you got with the Contax between the range shown, but it shows Leica was certainly up there in price, and I would imagine it probably represented 2 or 3 months wages for well-off people at that time. Relatively speaking a new Leica is probably is a smaller percentage of an average annual wage now, than 60+ years ago. And Mark, if the T981 is $1900 I will not be buying it. If it is $450, I may look for a g body instead. Noel Charchuk