[Leica] Leica prices

[rclark01 at comcast.net (Robert Clark)]

I still love the Voigtlander 28mm!

Robert Clark
Lancaster, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Shulman" <jshul@comcast.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:47 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica prices


> $5000 seemed a bit steep...I tried plugging in the figures in the 
> Inflation
> Calculator
> http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
> Which are based on actual rates of US inflation.
>
> $300 1954 dollars comes out to a hair over two grand in 2005.
>
> If only we could get a new M camera and lens from Leica for that price!
>
> On the other hand, try finding a new VW today for $7595.  If you could 
> live
> without heat, it was an incredible deal.
>
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
>
> Still shooting with my M-mount 3.5 Elmar 50.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Lawrence
> Zeitlin
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 9:14 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Leica prices
>
> 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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