Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]October 8, 1996 The following note was cut from the Nikon Digest and discusses the retail and "street" price of the new Nikon F5. The Leica R8 will be sold at my local camera store (Lee Mac Cameras in Pasadena, California) for about the same price as the F5 "street price" in New York. Wonder what the R8 "street price" will be? =============== Subject: F5 retail US price In the new Nikon product catalog, the F5's retail price in the United States is listed at $3,350. Viewfinder screens are retail $66. ------------------------------ Subject: F5 price at B&H B&H in New York expects its shipment of new Nikon F5 cameras to arrive tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct. 8). It has no waiting list as B&H will not sell them until they have them. The price? $2,795, which is only a 16.6% discount, much less than B&H's normal discount. I think I will wait until 1997, after the holiday season and after the initial demand may have been satiated. Perhaps then B&H's discount may have been recalculated! ------------------------------ Glenn ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Glenn Wm. Thrall gthrall@ix.netcom.com Southern California ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++