[rollei_list] Re: Economics Are Not Always Practiced (Thank God) (was:"I prefer simplicity and ease of use...")
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:56:45 -0700
Peter,
The Konica IIIA and it's Yashica equivalent, (Lynx) usually sell for
$20, routinely at local camera shows.
Jerry
"Peter K." wrote:
> True, and in some cases the manufacturers failed in doing this. One
> camera comes to mind, the Konica IIIM (M=3DMeter). I own one of these
> and IMO among the best made rangefinder cameras period. It has what
> was a very accurate parallax compensating viewfinder where the entire
> frame actually shifts and changes size over the range of the focus. It
> also has a superb fixed Planar-type 50mm F1.8 (also had the option of
> a 48mm F2) and had the option of half-frame.
> This camera had retail price in 1957 of around $US300. Needless to say
> they did not sell many. There is a IIIA sans meter that sold a bit
> better, but just not as collectible as the IIIM. It was eventually
> replaced with a lower cost model that yielded profits. If anyone can
> find a IIIM with half frame adapter and working meter you have a real
> fine and collectible.
>
> Peter K
>
> On 4/13/05, Marc James Small <msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > At 07:40 PM 4/13/05 -0600, Douglas Shea wrote:
> > >By all appearances the economists were not consulted by Alpa during its
> > >heyday -- I have never detected any evidence of compromise.
> >=20
> > The fact that some concerns, most notably ALPA, Zeiss Ikon, and Leitz,
> > ignored economic realities does not mean that they still didn't try to ke=
> ep
> > production costs down. All three of these concerns simply poured money o=
> ut
> > of every orifice over the last decades of their existence or, in the case
> > of Leitz, until it managed to enter into a series of rather rocky prop-up=
> s.
> >=20
> > Had ALPA really attempted to produce a camera without "compromise", they
> > never would have cranked out their first production model. Swiss bankers
> > are tighter than you can imagine and the coldness of their hearts would
> > make even a long-term inmate of the Soviet Gulags shiver.
> >=20
> > Marc
> >=20
> > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> > Cha robh b=3DE0s fir gun ghr=3DE0s fir!
> >=20
> >=20
>
> --=20
> Peter K
> =D3=BF=D5=AC
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