Howard These do look exceptionally low prices and I suspect reflect the fact that R G Lewis are in temporary accommodation at the moment. But my watching of various shops and eBay in the UK does suggest Leica R kit is under strong pressure. The Classic Camera shop has 3 ex-demo R lenses on offer. Ace Cameras has two. Wilkninson had a shake out a few months back and is still selling some lenses at discount. Wilkinson spoke of the current lack of interest in Leica R to explain their special offers; I suspect they are moving to a zero stock of Leica R. Ffordes has had a number of ex-demo lenses for a month or so but not at such low prices as those at R.G. Lewis. Some second hand stock seems to be sticking; not long ago a R6.2 would be snapped up very quickly, but now I know of at least 4 that have been available for weeks albeit at prices matching the price of a second hand R9 - with both holding at about 1,000 GBPs - while prices of almost all other bodies are slipping. Chris ------------------------------ From: Howard Cummer <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [LRflex] London Blow out of Demo R lenses Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:56:39 +0800 Hello Flexers, Please see: http://www.rglewis.co.uk/leica/r/r_demo.htm for half price discounts on some Leica R demo equipment. Apparently several English stores are following R G Lewis's lead. I wonder if it means more than inventory balancing? Cheers Howard (in Hong Kong) ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/