On 11 Feb 2017, at 05:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > And the Leica R8 body that I wanted so badly in 1998 and simply couldn't > afford (it was over $2600, never mind the lenses!) was sold to me in minty > mint mint condition, in the original presentation box, with the winder, for > $199 two years ago. The Leicaflex SL body, which cost over $800 in 1969 when > I first saw one and fell in love with it (a Nikon F Photomic FTn with 50mm > f/1.4 lens was $415 then, to give you a sense of the scale of its price) was > tossed in with two of the Leica R lenses I bought in 2013 at no charge—nobody > offered the seller a dime for it. My beloved Olympus E-1, a professional > grade body in 2004 that cost over $2200, currently sells for about $80. > > Time is fleeting. Machines are locked into their time.
It will be interesting to see how the digital Ms hold their value, particularly the M10 forward now that the depth of the body has reverted to the original size. My feeling is that when the thin version of the typ 262 comes out, assuming I can afford it, it should be the last camera I buy, with retirement in prospect. Providing of course that the hardware etc. is good enough to outlive me. The photos I took last weekend were with the Olympus E-3. A fantastic camera and lenses, but 8 mpix seems so niggardly these days. How spoilt we are. But I do prefer 2:3 to 3:4. B > > -- 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.
