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

  • From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:18:07 -0700

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
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