Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep its more than just the green stuff. Its the color of the gleam in you eye! Mark -------------------- Mark William Rabiner > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:08:39 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica prices (formerly M9) > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> An M9 cost 7 grand now in 2011. >> In 1975 money according to CPI Inflation Calculator that's >> $1,666.64 >> Now what camera cost $1,666.64 in 1975 I'm trying to think? > > You're missing several parts of the equation. You need to look at the > total > cost of ownership: initial outlay, variable costs, maintenance, resale > value > and time value of money. Then there's the ROI side of camera ownership: is > one camera more productive than the other, and how do you put a value on > the > productivity? For some of us the value of the productivity is easy: sales. > For others it's the joy of looking at the results. Hard to put a value on > that. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information