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Subject: [Leica] Question 2 this evening: historical prices
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:33:24 -0400 (EDT)

Vince Passaro wrote:

>I'm looking for actual at-the-time they were marketed dollar prices for
>certain historical cameras, for a couple of academic reasons. Does anyone
>have a source/sources? For instance I would love to know M3 prices through
>the 1950s; Nikon F prices 1959 to, say, 1980; Leica prices in the 1970s.
>
>Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

IIRC a Nikon F in 1972 or so was US$310.  NOS Leicaflex SL in 1979 was 
US$510.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com




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