Same here - except for the bit about change!
Jez
On 25 Mar 2011, at 18:26, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I went to Lugano and Locarno on school vacation trips in the early / mid
> 1960s and took the CHF equivalent of GBP10 on each trip for pocket /
> spending money. The exchange rate was ~ CHF10 = GBP1. Those francs went a
> long way and I came back with change !
>
> jh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SwissPace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Big White on Fred Miranda
>
>
>> i expect the exchange rate was different 30 years ago ;-)
>>
>> Sent while mobile
>>
>> On 25 Mar 2011, at 12:24, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> CHF 24,000 = ~ US$26,200 !!!! [fewer in Cdn$ .....]
>>>
>>> That's an expensive lens,
>>> jh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "SwissPace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:21 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Big White on Fred Miranda
>>>
>>>
>>>> does anyone have the original retail figures I bet it has devalued quite
>>>> a
>>>> bit and equal to others. the list price for my 180/2 was 18000 swiss
>>>> francs and the 250/2 24000 if i remember correctly.
>>>>
>>>> Sent while mobile
>>>>
>>>> On 24 Mar 2011, at 15:42, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I had tried buying it from John, but the price exceeded my budget by a
>>>>> bit more than I could stretch. But that will make it all the sweeter
>>>>> when I do finally get one.
>>>>>
>>>>> Isn't it interesting how some of those Zuikos keep holding their value
>>>>> decades later.
>>>>>
>>>>> AG
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