Hi Marv, I have a number of 50's camera catalogs from both Sears and Wards. I haven't looked recently, but it seems to me that the Tourist with the f/4.5 Anaston lens had a price in '53-'54 of more than $70. Using a cost-of-living escalator, that would come to about $450 in late 2001. They were an unusually solid camera with an excellent strut mechanism and better than average lenses, thanks to Kodak quality control. I don't think anyone else could have sold such a simple camera for such a high price! RKS
>From: Marv Soloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Cameramakers] Kodak Tourist 120 Conversion - Update II >Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 18:45:18 -0500 > >Well, the negatives just came out of the wash and onto the light table. > >Crisp, clean, sharp - I'll find out how sharp when I dry the film and go >over the negs with a loupe. > >The test roll was Kodak TMX100 - I made some grab shots at a flea market >over the weekend. Processed in D76. > >Not too bad for a $3.00 camera - but hey, that's what this group is all >about. > >Regards, > >Marv >_______________________________________________ >Cameramakers mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
