Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vick, Take a cold shower. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote: > ...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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >