Quoting John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com>:
FWIW, I don't think those prices were in US dollars & probably include a VAT.
Yes - that's $A, and back when the *istD was released, the $A was
equivalent to about 0.6$US. These days 1$A buys about 1.05$US.
A 10% Goods and Services tax (GST) was introduced in Australia in 2000
so that price probably did include a VAT. However, the GST replaced
other wholesale taxes so it's not clear how much influence the GST
would have had on that price.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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From: Bob Sullivan
Rob,
That's one of those expensive A* lenses in the photo as well.
Was it the A*85/1.4 or the A*135/1.8?
I waited a while before I bought a digital,
but when I got to the Grandfather Mountain weekend, I caved.
Ordered a *ist DS on the drive back to Illinois.
But $3,099! even for Ozzie $ at the time, that was pricey!
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Brian Walters
<apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> wrote:
Quoting Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com>:
HI Team,
Looking through my archives the other day this caught my eye, shot
back in Jan 2004 using my newish *ist D, not overly artistic but...
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9304908/temp/IMGP00605.jpg
Ouch! It's a wonder they ever sold any.
I waited 8 years and bought mine for $3000 less....
(PS Rob - contact me off list re that Panosaurus. I really need to get it
to you.)
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