Doug, No, I was not. I inquired at SE Camera about a R9 with the cheapest lens (35-70mm) and a DMR. They never got back to me with a quote. Remember, Alan's 7 kilobux quote was in the past. Not current. Jerry Douglas Herr wrote: > 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>> > >> > >> alansiegle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> View my photographs by visiting my Homepage at- > >> http://homepage.mac.com/alansiegle > >> ------ > >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > >> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > >> Archives are at: > >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: > >> 04/28/2006 > > > > ------ > > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > > Archives are at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 04/28/2006 ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/