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
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> 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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