Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >