Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/16
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That price was strongly implied, but not directly stated by my local Leica
rep. He did state directly that it would not replace the R7. He also said
that it is slightly larger than than the R7, has 1/8000 top speed, 1/250
flash synch and better eye relief.
kw
>At 01:18 PM 8/15/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>That "special" is likely the new price for the R7, which is not being
>>discontinued when the R8 is released. The R8 will sell for about $3000. How
>>does that compare to the F5 et al?
>
>Where'd you get the R8 price? Interesting. That is not that far off from the
>rumored F5 price. It's said to run about $2,500.
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