Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you guys forget the exchange rate fluctuations - I doubt the Germans saw it in the same way as other countries.. Just my pinch of salt. Phil...x David Rodgers wrote: >Doug, > >You can say that again! :-) I recently tossed out an old photo magazine. >I happened to glance in the back pages and see new R7s at $2,700. The >R6.2 wasn't far behind that. Those were street prices, not list. > >Though it seems astronomical $2,700 in 1992 roughly equates to $4,000 in >today's dollars which coincidentally isn't that far from the price point >of today's high end DSLR bodies. SLR and DSLR (or might we soon say >FxSLR) bodies are completely different beasts and not really comparable, >obviously, but the pricing similarity is interesting. And when it comes >down to it they serve the same purpose, albeit the latter sans film. > >But second hand has it's merits. I bought a used R7 for $1,100. I sold >it a few years later for $1,000. I think the R7 is still second on the >list of my all time favorite cameras, not that far behind the M6. > >DaveR > >-----Original Message----- >From: telyt@earthlink.net [mailto:telyt@earthlink.net] >Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:33 PM >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: RE: [Leica] 16-16-15 lens comparison > >David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > > > >>I just happened to have a Leica price list from 1992. >> >>http://www.purplehen.com/leica/leica92pl.pdf >> >> > >*** G A S P *** !!! > >I glad SOMEONE can afford these prices otherwise there would have been >no >used equipment for me to buy. > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >mail2web LIVE - Free email based on Microsoft(r) Exchange technology - >http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >