[Leica] Surprises at Photokina

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> 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.


now that sounds very familiar....


Steve


>
>
> 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.
>
>
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