Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]did you just jump to politics? or? ; ~ ) 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 11:50 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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