Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search].......When I asked if the figure I'd heard of 5,000 unsold R8s was true, they wouldn't confirm it, but did say that they had large numbers of unsold R8s............. That brings up an interesting point.... Hasselblad has, for about 3 years now, given away backs and done deep rebate discounts to promote new camera sales and lens sales....... Given say 5000 camera bodies, and a selling price of $2000 right now, I wonder if..... What is your opinion: Which Lens(es) should Leica USA require us to buy in order to get a deeply discounted R8 body? Base your opinion both on optical quality and business sense..... They gotta make money off the deal..... Frank, M not R (yet)