On 11/21/08, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read somewhere that if one took the money equivalent of an M3 in > 1953 (the year it was introduced) and invested it into a very > conservative investment vehicle, that note would be worth many times > the cost of a used 1953 M3 (unless of course there was some > spectacular provenance involved). People complain about the cost of > older M bodies and lenses, but considering that with proper > maintenance they'll likely last forever, today's prices are pretty > fair.
You can pick up a functional M3 right now for well under $1000US. I'd have to sell almost all my Pentax gear to get an M3 and a single 50mm lens. And sometimes I think I just might do that. -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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.

