Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]................................................. "Dr. Joseph Yao" <yaojkfdr@netvigator.com> wrote: The Hexar RF and the three lenses will be available separately, their list price: Hexar RF body 168,000 Yen HX-18W Flash 16,000 Yen Leather Case 12,000 Yen M-Hexanon 28/2.8 113,000 Yen M-Hexanon 50/2.0 72,000 Yen M-Hexanon 90/2.8 75,000 Yen Diopter lens (+2D to -3D) 1,000 Yen each These will be offered with 10% discount initially, with more discount offered when supply becomes plentiful. ................................................... Hello Joseph, Thank you for the pricing information on the Hexar RF. This is truly bad news for Leica Camera, but good news for consumers. Since the Hexar RF will be sold separately for about $1,584 (USD) that means that more people will be able to afford to buy one. This will cut even deeper in to Leica's M body sales. But, on the other hand, it will most likely be good news for their lens sales in the distant future. Here is a quick conversion of Joseph's figures from Yen to US Dollars. Hexar RF body 168,000 Yen =............$1,584 HX-18W Flash 16,000 Yen =................$151 Leather Case 12,000 Yen =................$113 M-Hexanon 28/2.8 113,000 Yen =.........$1,066 M-Hexanon 50/2.0 72,000 Yen =............$679 M-Hexanon 90/2.8 75,000 Yen =............$707 Now, the further bad news for Leica is that as the exchange rates change, the Hexar is going to be less expensive in terms of US Dollars and the M6 is going to get more expensive, here again in terms of US Dollars. (You just have to trust me on this one because the explanation would be lenghy) I made a quick call to B&H this morning and they do not have it in stock yet. The gentleman I talked with said they expect to have it in stock within the next month. He suggested calling back about once a week if I wanted one before Christmas. Although I would hope that this is a wake-up call for Herr Cohn, I understand that in reality his intensions may not be to turn the company around, but rather sell it off for the value of the name. Regards, Bill Erfurth m6rf@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com