It's like having your big mac and eat it too. It's like an even trade. My GS645 came to about the same, give or take a fry or two. Wouldn't trade it for all the big macs in the world. Maybe for a McD franchise.
Jeff. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Chang-Sang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:17 PM Subject: RE: How many Big Macs to an LX? > Seeing as how $0.8915 CDN = $1 AUS > that means that 1 big mac CDN = 2.897375 big macs AUS > or $1.122 AUS = $1.00 CDN > > So.... I bought a GREAT used LX this year for about $700 CDN (give or take a > few big macs) or $785.40 AUS > which is equal to 241.66 AUS Big Macs > > I think I got a great deal.. specially considering I like the results of the > LX :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon King > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 8:06 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: How many Big Macs to an LX? > > > Hi All, > This morning while showering I was thinking - as one does - about the cost > of Pentax cameras. I was wondering if the price has gone down (in real > terms) over the years. That got me thinking about how much an LX cost when > it was released as compared to, say, an MZ-S now. > I also remembered that one test of the cost of an item is it's value against > a Big Mac - as this is a worldwide standard and one that has been relatively > stable for several decades. > I just checked the price of a Big Mac here in Perth, Western Australia, and > was informed by the chirpy McStaffer that they cost AU$3.25. I can buy an > MZ-S for about AU$1,650 > Ergo; MZ-S = 507.7 Big Macs > > So, how many Big Macs did an LX cost in 1980? Does anyone know? > > > Cheers, > Simon "would you like fries with that" King > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
