Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]...cough....cough....sputter....Two hundred dollars????? Oh, thank you guys, from the bottom of my pocket-book. And for the sake of my wife and son's well-being, groceries, and ability to buy and wear new clothes.... :-) I need to get over this fever badly, and quickly. Maybe a large baseball bat across the forehead will do it. Also, I understand that the 50/2 Elcan is not a great performer too, so no redeeming value to buy-and-try the lens. One thing that scares the cr@p out of me is, what if I buy this thing, how am I ever going to get my money out of it again? Sure, there's one born every minute, but how am I going to find him? And are they never "female", so it immediately eliminates half the population? Please all, keep telling me to "go out and shoot photos", "historically the KE-7A is worth the same as a share of <name your defunct company - Bre-X, NORTEL, ...>" ...Vick >From: amr3@uwm.edu >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: [Leica] Re: KE-7 >Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:01:44 -0500 > >Quoting : "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> > > > Just to make you feel bad..... > > > > I do remember that at the end of the production cycle, I saw new KE-7A > > cameras selling for around $2K. And gain, a few years later, when the >US > > decided to rid themselves of the cameras, they sold for around $1K with >lens > > , used, new in box.......as surplus...... >...................................................................................................................................... >To make you feel worse...... > >In the 1980's, our department, through government surplus, obtained a KE-7 >with >50mm Elcan lens for about $200. We traded it in for a more usable kit: two >M4-2 bodies, a winder, a 35mm black Summicron, and a 90mm Summicron. >Before >the deal, for fun, I took a self-portrait holding the KE-7 in vertical >position >so the top plate engraving showed. > >Alan > >Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >University Information Technology Services >University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >amr3@uwm.edu >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information