Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] Leica prices
From: langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)
Date: Tue Jun 7 08:44:13 2005
References: <200506070149.j571n4LW022607@server1.waverley.reid.org> <005701c56b06$6fed0fb0$6901a8c0@dcpdc.dcts.org>

I hear you Robert.  I have mine more or less permanently mounted on my
Minolta CLE.  I never thought that I'd use a 28mm so much.

Mark

On 6/6/05, Robert Clark <rclark01@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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In reply to: Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Leica prices)
Message from rclark01 at comcast.net (Robert Clark) ([Leica] Leica prices)