Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I almost added a similar scale. However, I've no real clue what the 60's, 70's, 80's dollar (Canadian or US) amounts to today. All I know for sure is my own shock at what things cost today; in relation to how little people are willing to pay for professional photographic and/or design services today. Not only does "charlie" have a digital camera (so 'we' don't have to hire a pro); but his wife has InDesign and Illustrator with a bunch of free templates on her computer (so 'we' don't have to hire a pro designer either). Together, they're an untrained, inexperienced power to be reckoned with. And it shows in what we see passing for visual communication today. ; ~ ( Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 11, 2008, at 11:19 AM, slobodan dimitrov wrote: > Lets say Ted bought his SL2 in 1975 at the then price of $1600US. > Then again, he always has two bodies at any given time of the same > model. Today that would be about $6,100US. But since it's probably > purchased in Canada with its traditional higher Leica prices, I bet > that SL2 reflects closer to 8K or 9K in today's dollars. It's not > that far from current pricing.