[LRflex] Re: Some DM-R Images and More

Jerry, weren't you offered a good deal on a DMR?  And lenses don't have 
to cost US$3000 unless you're getting a used 280 f/4 APO.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


On Apr 29, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Alan,
>
> You forgot the lens.  That is extra, right?
>
> I live in the present.  I don't give a FRA if  gasoline was
> 50 cents a gallon in the past. It is $3.50 NOW. An R9
> with a lens and DMR is over $10,000 NOW.
>
> I could tell you about buying a brand new M3 with lens
> for $250 in Germany in 1959, but that has no relevance
> today.
>
> Jerry
>
> Alan Siegle wrote:
>
>> Jerry,
>>
>> I bought my new R9, DMR, and extra battery for a tad
>> over $7000. Now this was the old price before Leica
>> raised there prices. I don't know what it would cost
>> today, my dealer had less invested into the equipment
>> then. I bought it from Tony Mansfield at Southeastern
>> Camera, (919) 890-4484, tonysec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Doug,
>>
>> Ansel Adams also had a Hasselblad (it was said that he
>> was good friends with Victor Hasselblad), in his later
>> years he went to lighter equipment. He didn't have a
>> problem with manufacturers giving him equipment. I
>> would think that any manufacturer would want their
>> equipment seen in his hands.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> <<Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:22:51 -0700
>> From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Some DM-R Images and More
>>
>> Alan,
>>
>> Do you mean to say that you got a brand new R9, lens,
>> (what lens?) and
>> a new DMR for a tad? over $7000?  Where, pray tell?  I
>> told where I was
>> quoted over $10,000 at B&H.
>>
>> Jerry>>
>>
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>>
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