There is this:
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
According to them, the Spotmatic with 50mm F1.4 would cost $1647.08 in 2000
just from inflation - which makes the MZ-S a bargain. Likewise, the ZX-M,
available without a lens for $159 today, would cost a little less than $30
in 1965 dollars. That's cheap.
Todd
At 09:30 PM 7/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
>I worked in a retail camera store in 1965 & the Pentax Spotmatic w/50/1.4 &
>case sold for $307.00...what would that convert to in todays dollars? Must
>be a web site with that type info somewhere.
>jfd
>
>
>At 08:13 PM 07/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 17:23:52 -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote:
>>
>> >One thing to keep in mind here is back when things were made with such
high
>> >quality, the cost of labor versus materials was different. Labor was
quite
>> >cheap and materials were more expensive. The opposite is true now. I
>> >recall in the computer industry when a floppy disk drive cost $150 dollars
>> >and labor rates to repair and align heads was $25/hours. Now a new drive
>> >costs $10 and labor is $100/hr. That type of problem drives us towards a
>> >throw away mentality. The cost of disposal hasn't been noticed yet. I
>> >believe that corporations are looking mostly at cost and competition when
>> >they build and design products.
>>
>>I agree. I just think it's sad....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Later,
>>Gary
>>
>>
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