RObert Budding
D'oh!
Late-summer isn't the best time to sell photo gear. That black S3 2000 was really tempting, but I passed.
ellisson
Well-known
Yes, in the back of my mind I wondered if I should hold off until after the Labor Day weekend before posting this set. In fact, it would have been better to do that.
Gary
Gary
Jan Van Laethem
Nikkor. What else?
I was leafing through a photography magazine from August 2000 and found an article announcing the then new S3 2000. It compares it to the vintage S3. Price quoted for a mint vintage S3 in the year 2000 was USD 3,000.
The dealer cost of the new S3 was $ 5,000, and the author of the article reckons it would go for sale at $ 5,500, calculating a 10% margin for the dealer. Also stated is that only 200 would be imported by Nikon USA.
I don't remember how strong the dollar was back in the year 2000, but it does seem a lot of money. Surely we are at a good buying point now in 2012.
The article concludes by saying "The millennium Nikon S3 is undoubtedly a mouth-watering machine intended for well-heeled collectors. If it sells well, who knows, there may be future Nikon rangefinder classics or possibly more S3s."