And the Leica R8 body that I wanted so badly in 1998 and simply couldn't afford (it was over $2600, never mind the lenses!) was sold to me in minty mint mint condition, in the original presentation box, with the winder, for $199 two years ago. The Leicaflex SL body, which cost over $800 in 1969 when I first saw one and fell in love with it (a Nikon F Photomic FTn with 50mm f/1.4 lens was $415 then, to give you a sense of the scale of its price) was tossed in with two of the Leica R lenses I bought in 2013 at no charge—nobody offered the seller a dime for it. My beloved Olympus E-1, a professional grade body in 2004 that cost over $2200, currently sells for about $80.
Time is fleeting. Machines are locked into their time. G > On Feb 10, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "This too shall pass." > > > P. J. Alling Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:03:01 -0800 wrote: > > So I received a missive from KEH.com advertising a sale on Bargain and Ugly > equipment. (The picture with the advert. was pretty funny so I gave it a > click), then decided to look at Bargain SLRs, the *ist-D which once sold for > $1600.00 is now worth $43.00 the Nikon D70 which was even more expensive can > now be had for $47. Damn modern tech is ephemeral. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
