Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe, You've just demonstrated why it's far more important to consider what it costs to OWN something than what it costs to BUY something. Bud - ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Stephenson <joeleica@email.msn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] SHARPNESS and the cost of achieving it. >I've been following the discussions re the cost of cameras. As I have noted >in this forum previously, the M3 given me by my father-in-law has seen >frequent service (at least weekly) for 40 years with no down time or >problems. It cost around $450.00 (US) with a 50mm lens in 1958. Today it is >worth around $1200. I doubt that many other cameras of this age are still >functional. Was it expensive? I would answer no. Of course we can't predict >what will be happening in 2047, but I hope my heirs and assigns will still >be using the M3 and my M6, as well. >Happy new year to all. >Joe Stephenson > > >