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Roka
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 Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:44 am Post subject: Legacy lenses original prices? |
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Roka wrote:
My latest acquisition arrived today, a Minolta MC Rokkor HF 300mm f/4.5. The thing is a beast! I showed it to my wife and explaining (OK, justifying) the lens by saying that a modern version would cost well over $1000. OK, not apples to apples. That got me thinking about what this lens would have cost new. I did some searching but couldn't find any sources. Does anyone know of such a source as it would be interesting to see how certain lenses have fared value-wise over the years.
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luisalegria
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luisalegria wrote:
Old magazine ads.
Nesster scanned quite a few.
This guy also
https://www.flickr.com/photos/38552878@N02/page1
For US prices anyway, Google has Popular photography magazine issues, various from from 1938-1957 and all from 1981-2005.
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Roka
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Roka wrote:
| luisalegria wrote: |
Old magazine ads.
Nesster scanned quite a few.
This guy also
https://www.flickr.com/photos/38552878@N02/page1
For US prices anyway, Google has Popular photography magazine issues, various from from 1938-1957 and all from 1981-2005. |
Wow, thanks! I had no idea that the old magazines were available online. I did a quick search and found that the Minolta 300mm f/5.6 sold for about $250 in the early 1980s which would equate to about $770 today. I paid about $70 total for it so I guess I did well by waiting 35+ years to buy it. 
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guardian wrote:
It is possible this thread might be of interest:
http://forum.mflenses.com/vintage-lens-original-pricing-1960s-through-1980s-t51625.html |
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http://om-srx.fan.coocan.jp/3rd-party-list2.htm
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cooltouch wrote:
I really appreciate the comment about google having Pop Photo online. I've been looking without much success for photo mags from the 80s with their ads. I got started in photography in a serious way in 1982, so it's really cool being able to essentially reminisce. I used to have lots of old photo mags, but at one point threw almost all of them out. Now I wish I would have kept them.
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konicamera wrote:
| luisalegria wrote: |
Old magazine ads.
Nesster scanned quite a few.
This guy also
https://www.flickr.com/photos/38552878@N02/page1
For US prices anyway, Google has Popular photography magazine issues, various from from 1938-1957 and all from 1981-2005. |
Any idea why the 1960s and 1970s are not included?
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luisalegria wrote:
Not a clue why these 1957-1980 issues aren't there. I am most interested in the late 50's-early 60's, so Id like them added too.
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kds315* wrote:
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| Not a clue why these 1957-1980 issues aren't there. I am most interested in the late 50's-early 60's, so Id like them added too. |
What he said! 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:40 am Post subject: Re: Legacy lenses original prices? |
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Gerald wrote:
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My latest acquisition arrived today, a Minolta MC Rokkor HF 300mm f/4.5.
That got me thinking about what this lens would have cost new. I did some searching but couldn't find any sources. Does anyone know of such a source as it would be interesting to see how certain lenses have fared value-wise over the years. |
Answer: $229.95 before taxes at Cambrige Camera Exchange, NY, August 1973
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Pontus wrote:
Wow, the inflation adjusted price for the Rokkor 58/1.2 was 2230 USD.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:02 am Post subject: Re: Legacy lenses original prices? |
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Roka wrote:
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My latest acquisition arrived today, a Minolta MC Rokkor HF 300mm f/4.5.
That got me thinking about what this lens would have cost new. I did some searching but couldn't find any sources. Does anyone know of such a source as it would be interesting to see how certain lenses have fared value-wise over the years. |
Answer: $229.95 before taxes at Cambrige Camera Exchange, NY, August 1973
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I guess the one I found from the 1980s magazine was a newer version. I plugged $229.95 into an inflation calculator and it came up with an equivalent value of $1,279.73 in today's dollars. Wow.
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Novicus wrote:
So many good photo`s in those ads from way back when.
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buerokratiehasser wrote:
Rockwell lists sticker and current price for most of the lenses he reviews, but well. He reviews mostly Canikon stuff. |
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