Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/06

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Subject: [Leica] Leica prices
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Jun 6 18:41:53 2005
 
That all may be true, Larry - but the question remains: are there enough
people out there to pay $3200 for an M body, and Godknows what for a DMR to
keep Leica afloat?


On 6/6/05 9:13 PM, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@aol.com> wrote:

> Leica's proposed prices are not too far out of line. At the end of 1954,
> I bought a new Leica M3 with an M mount Elmar lens for under $300. At an
> annualized price increase of 6% a year, corresponding roughly to the
> average inflation rate, the same camera would cost about $5000 today.
> But in 1954 I also bought a new VW for about $1100, a copy of the Sunday
> NY Times for 30 cents, and a cup of coffee for a nickle.
> 
> Larry Z
> 
> 
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