Kosma,
In 1970 I paid a little over 200 USD for a T2 with the f1.8 kit lens from
either Cambridge Camera or 47th St Photo. A year later I bought a body only for
about 150 USD from Bailey's Crossroads Photo in northern Virginia. That was
more than the monthly rent on my apartment (120 USD), so they were not cheap. A
comparably equipped Nikon was around 300 USD from the New York dealers. The
500mm Vivitar preset was 78 USD (and the 92mm skylight filter was 97 USD - the
main reason I didn't buy it - cheaper to buy another lens).
Mike

--- In konicaslr@yahoogroups.com, Kosma Moczek <kosma@...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:04 AM, frankgranovski<frankgranovski@...> wrote:
> > With my new-old Konica gear, well, there's no need looking for greener
grass.
>
> Actually, getting the 'greener grass' means you need to look for a
> proper film. Most cheap stuff (Kodak Gold, Fuji Superia, etc.) works
> well with cheap cameras, but the Konica lens, best-known for legendary
> sharpness and color rendition, need a good film to really show what
> they're worth! Shooting on a $1 film after spending vast amounts of
> money on the cameras is a kind of waste...
>
> > I still don't know why I didn't go for this stuff in the 70's.
> > I guess I was dumb. :-)
>
> Or you didn't wanted to mortgage your and your family's souls just to
> get a T2 with kit lens. ;-)
>
> Now seriously: does anyonw know what was the price equivalent of those
> cameras when they were still on the market?
>
> --
> Kosma Moczek
> http://www.kosma.pl/
>