Well if you think about it, it's not so much, in the grand scheme of things. A lot of top-of-the-line equipment will go for more than this (the Hassie comes to mind). The Contax 645 kit (body, 80mm lens, finder, film back) was only about $4000. You can pay twice that much for a Canon IDS Mark II, body only. This is just my opinion, but I still think the Contax 645 (particularly the lenses) is (was [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]) the best 6x4.5cm format blend of quality and price.
Sam
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