OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor. A body would also be good for 10 years.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > Quoting Mark Roberts <[email protected]>: > >> Stan Halpin wrote: >> >>> On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>>> A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to >>>> http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in >>>> today's money. >>>> >>> And in those days you had to provide your own sensor! >> >> >> And replace it regularly. Every 36 shots, actually! > > > > To be pedantic, you have to change the sensor for every shot. You have to > replace the whole sensor mechanism every 36 shots... > > :-)> > > > >> >> ("In them days we were glad to have the price of a cup of tea. Cup of >> cold tea. Without milk or sugar. Or tea.") > > > > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
