September 29th 12, 04:50 PM
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A Blast from the Past
On 9/29/2012 10:24 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:47:27 -0400, PeterN
wrote:
: On 9/28/2012 10:50 PM, Robert Coe wrote:
: On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:58:51 -0700, Savageduck
: wrote:
: : On 2012-09-24 20:45:49 -0700, PeterN said:
: :
: : On 9/24/2012 9:49 PM, Savageduck wrote:
: : On 2012-09-24 18:36:01 -0700, PeterN said:
: :
: : On 9/24/2012 4:44 PM, Mort wrote:
: : Russell D. wrote:
: : This is from a couple years before I became really interested in
: : photography but I could spend hours pouring over stuff like this when I
: : was a kid.
: :
: : http://www.retronaut.co/2012/05/seer...atalogue-1961/
: :
: :
: : Hi,
: :
: : Thanks for the memories. That Nikon SP, with 50 mm. F.1.4 lens and
: : leather case, was $150.- in the European Post Exchanges of the U.S.
: : Army.
: :
: : Times sure have changed.
: :
: : Regards,
: :
: : Mort Linder
: :
: :
: : Not really, if you use my hot dog index.
: : In 1961 a hot dog at Nathans was no more than twenty five cents. It
: : had just gone up from fifteen cents.
: :
: : Damn! ...and I still remember 19.9 ¢/gal gas at a Hess station in
: : Upstate NY in 1971. :-(
: :
: :
: : Gas prices have exceeded the hot dog index, as have car prices. :-(
: :
: : In 1969 You could have had a Shelby 427 Cobra for $4200. Today the same
: : car if intact, would start at $200K+. With a good provenance you will
: : be looking at $1M+.
: :
: : See what your $4200 buys you today!
:
: A D800 and a D800e.
:
: Bob
:
:
: do YOU MEAN "OR"?
Yeah, I wasn't thinking clearly. The D800 is around $3000, not $2000. So make
that two 7D's and a decent lens. :^)
Bob
Heck, I could get a D800e, and have enough left over for a nice weekend.
--
Peter
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