Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1458

[P3D Bob Howard <bobh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RE:Price of Realist (and good single lens camera in '50s! Hugues!

Yes, I think the f/3.5 Realist was $159. I believe the f/2.8 Ektar (sold 
only under the table as it was discontinued on entry) cost me $222. It 
was replaced by the David White f/2.8 Anastigmat (made in Germany). 
Kodak charged $60 a pair to David White for the lenses and that got to 
be too rich for a $200 camera, so they went overseas.)

A Leica IIIc with f/2 Summitar cost $448 in 1950 (which included 15% 
excise tax). The M3 introduced in 1954 with Summicron f/2 was also $448, 
the IIIc (now IIIf) having dropped in price to make room.
This was when money was worth something too! You cna consider a current 
$ worth 10 cents. I just divide by 10 to see if modern prices are 
reaonable. Modern cameras and elcctronics great bargains, automobiles 
NOT! BobH


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