Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>>>> With the price of "demo" R8's being $1400 or less, I think Leica has finally hit the magic marketing sweet spot. The camera is admittedly awesome. At substantially less cost than a Nikon F5. <<<<<<<<<< Past threads on this list have noted that a Leica "demo" (at least in the US) is often a Leica camera returned for repair and replaced, then repaired by Leica and resold as a "demo" camera. And some buyers of those "demos" have reported the repairs not having been made all that completely or well. A search of the archives should turn up those posts, but if memory serves, R8 "demos" were particularly troublesome. My reaction to those threads may well be overreaction, but they convinced me that I'd save my pennies for Leica new -- or a proven Leica used -- before I'd buy a Leica "demo." Larry