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    Dec 08, 2020 4 minutes
    Alan Sharkey

    Priced out

    our re-booted series makes an interesting point in terms of the price of old equipment. The price of a simple flash in 1955, for example, equated to £203 in today’s money (based upon your 50:1 inflation ratio) and this has prompted me to wonder about the prices of more high-end equipment compared with today. It appears that the current average salary in the UK is £29,600, which after tax and NI would leave the recipient with about £1,900 per month. After living costs it’s clear that disposable income does not allow the purchase of exotica such as mirrorless cameras for £2,000 and in some cases double that. Are we

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