Quoting Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com>:

Stan Halpin wrote:

On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
today's money.

And in those days you had to provide your own sensor!

And replace it regularly. Every 36 shots, actually!


To be pedantic, you have to change the sensor for every shot. You have to replace the whole sensor mechanism every 36 shots...

:-)>



("In them days we were glad to have the price of a cup of tea. Cup of
cold tea. Without milk or sugar. Or tea.")




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