Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] Surprises at Photokina
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Sep 11 10:06:47 2008
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On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> did you just jump to politics?
> or?
>
> ; ~ )


well certainly not here...

life in the fast lane...

"you too can be an instant failure"

Steve





>
>
> 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.
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Surprises at Photokina)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Surprises at Photokina)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov) ([Leica] Surprises at Photokina)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Surprises at Photokina)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Surprises at Photokina)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Surprises at Photokina)