Re: [Leica] r8 price

["Barney Quinn, Jr." <barney@ncep.noaa.gov>]

Kyle,

Thanks for the information. I was using the prices from my local camera shop,
and the rebate deal for the R8. Probably not a fair approach.

Barney

Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> >Good explanation. Thanks. I should hope that the F5 has the world's most
> >advanced metering system given that it costs half again as much as an R8
> >or a 1v.
>
> actually, b&h has the f5 for $1899 and the R8 for $1895 and the most
> expensive 1v they have is only $1889 -- so the most advanced metering
> system in the world will only cost you an extra five bucks over the R8.
> and the 1v is actually ten bucks cheapter ...  of course when you go
> to buy a 50mm lens the savings really start....
>
> kc
>
> (and you can always get the worlds most advanced metering system in the
> nikon f100 for only $999)