Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/14

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Subject: [Leica] Leica prices then and now
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:08:13 -0500
References: <CAOfQYBs8Q51jdsYFmH3vprtFfgzgPKOWHjvXz4HH9G3tZhHiSQ@mail.gmail.com>

I wanted a Rolleiflex in my college years, but $400 seemed astronomical at 
the time. So I got a Yashica D from the via the US Navy for $35.

Sent from my iPad

Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, Louisiana
USA

On Oct 14, 2012, at 21:32, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote:

> In 1966 I bought a new M2 body in HK for $131 US. That would equal around
> $900 in today's money, so still not cheap, but within reason for a middle
> class pocketbook.  It's worth remembering, though, that $131 was
> considerably cheaper than the US retail price.
> 
> You can estimate the effect of inflation here:
> http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi
> 
> I still have the M2 and an M3 I bought around the same time.  Both still
> work fine.  Pretty inexpensive on a per annum basis.
> 
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> Phil Swango
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