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Subject: [Leica] I was curious about the cost to rent.....
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:39:07 -0700
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Good point...... What's $30 Grand to someone that has just sold say $15M in
stock?

Like me buying a stick of gum.......

Frank Filippone
Red735i at earthlink.net


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From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Man
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:36 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] I was curious about the cost to rent.....

" oligarchs, dot-comers who cashed in their stock" BUY the S2 and not rent
them :-)

I'd imagine that their target audience are high paid fashion and other
commercial photographers.

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Frank Filippone
<red735i at earthlink.net>wrote:

> S2 with 70mm lens..
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> $570 per DAY.
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> By means of comparison,
> Hassy 501 with 80 is $60 a day ( Film)
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> Hassy H4 + lens with no back is $120 a day plus Phase One P65+ at $500 
> a day ( total of $620 a DAY)
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> At that rate, they must be rented to oligarchs, dot-comers who cashed 
> in their stock, and very,very,very well paid photographers.
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> Makes the $3500 a week for a Hasselblad course seem cheap.. ( they 
> bring out a complete system with the course.  You borrow what you 
> wish)
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> Frank Filippone
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> Red735i at earthlink.net
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] I was curious about the cost to rent.....)
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