Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Keeper cameras
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Tue Jul 18 09:15:22 2006
References: <200607180612.k6I6BiGq051057@server1.waverley.reid.org>

On Jul 18, 2006, at 2:12 AM, Hoppy wrote:

> Regarding expensive paper weights, with DSLRs initially being so 
> expensive
> then the prices falling since, the retained value and desirability 
> falls
> even more rapidly. Especially given the very short model lives.
>
> Comapare those retained values to a good Rollei TLR or an M3. Also 
> worth
> thinking about the manufacturers all using their own proprietary RAW
> standards. Want to bet on all of those being available/supported in a 
> few
> years?

Here is a general question for the LUG.

I've converted largely to digital, yet I have a closet full of cameras 
collected over the last half century. Typically when a new technology 
replaces the old, prices of the obsolete stuff plummet, then slowly 
rise as collectors and nostalgia buffs get into the market. Eventually 
the prices of selected items may rise to well above their peers, even a 
good deal higher than when they were new. I wish I still had that 
Jaguar XK 140 and Bertone bodied Alfa Spring Veloce that I sold for a 
pittance. Or that Contax 1 and mint Leica B which I traded for newer 
stuff.

In addition to Leicas and Rolleis, which older film cameras are worth 
keeping? I probably have a couple of everything in that large closet. I 
know I can estimate current value on eBay. It's the future value that 
I'm thinking of. Remember if Oskar Barnack's heirs had kept a mint 
edition of an urLeica in its original packaging, they could probably 
trade it for a new house.

Larry Z


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