Getting my M8 this week!!! Thanks Popflash

[boilerdoc2]

I put down $1K with Tony Rose/Popflash. I just missed the first delivery, since I opted for a black body. I'll be #3 in the next shipment in ~2 weeks. Jorge, et al will have it fleshed out by then!
Great part 3 review by Sean Reid at www.reidreviews.com.
Steve

 

[Jan Brittenson]

I put down $1K with Tony Rose/Popflash. I just missed the first delivery, since I opted for a black body. I'll be #3 in the next shipment in ~2 weeks. Jorge, et al will have it fleshed out by then!
Great part 3 review by Sean Reid at www.reidreviews.com.
Steve

I too wanted a black body and don't mind waiting a few extra weeks for it, excruciating though it is. 🙂 If I get a second body it will probably be silver... When did you order? Maybe I'll get mine in the same round.

 

[photogdave]

For you Canadians, this dealer only has ONE deposit on their whole order...
www.leoscamera.com

 

[herbkell@shaw.c]

For you Canadians, this dealer only has ONE deposit on their whole order...
www.leoscamera.com

As a Canadian and Vancouverite I researched Leos and the other Canadian stores before getting my M8 (perhaps a bit premature seeing as it doesn't get shipped till Friday) from Popflash. After currency coversion and creative tax planning (Canadians PM me if interested) it worked out quite a lot cheaper and faster

 

[jlw]

For you Leica owners in a position to know, what's your take on this chrome-vs-black situation?

I know that the Luminous Landscape reviewer said the chrome version was much more obtrusive, and anyone interested in discreet photography should hold out for the black one.

But I think my chrome-finish Canon 7s, although handsome, is reasonably subdued in appearance (much like myself, he said modestly) and the Leica M3 I used to own was likewise. By comparison, for some reason, the current chrome-finish Leicas look a bit gaudy -- at least in pictures, which is the only way I've seen them (the local dealer has never had any except black ones on display.)

Is the current chrome finish really that much different from that on older cameras, or is this a case in which the item doesn't photograph as well as it looks? If people who really want an M8 are willing to pass up chrome ones and wait for a black one, it does make me wonder...

 

[photogdave]

About the same price from my calculations. I don't do "creative tax planning", I like to keep things above board. Not to mention supporting local retailers as well as the great sponsors here such as Popflash.

 

[Tony Rose]

Tony any news for me? number 17 I believe

thanks

Peter as you know you are a lucky one at the tail end. Thank you for your support.

TR

 

[Tony Rose]

Tony any news for me? number 6 (Silver)

Thanks
Peter

Peter,

I wish I could ship the Silver one to you faster so you could have it for the weekend. You will just have to wait until the Post arrives next week.

Thank you,

Tony

 

[haagen_dazs]

someone got his M8 and is charging it already
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IdwP&tag=

 

[egpj]

Peter,

I wish I could ship the Silver one to you faster so you could have it for the weekend. You will just have to wait until the Post arrives next week.

Thank you,

Tony

Mean while there is the agony of being in the second allocation,🙁

 

[Jim Watts]

For you Leica owners in a position to know, what's your take on this chrome-vs-black situation?

I know that the Luminous Landscape reviewer said the chrome version was much more obtrusive, and anyone interested in discreet photography should hold out for the black one.

QUOTE]

Many years ago when I owned two chrome M2's prior to my black chrome M4 I just covered them all in black electrical tape. It looked pretty disgusting and very unobtrusive! Just a tip for all you new chrome M8 buyers 😀 😱

 

[espressogeek]

So does Tony think he can fit me in for a camera in the next three weeks? Amazon says they wont ship until middle of decemeber and I would love to support a real person!

 

[Rich Silfver]

Camera West in Monterey, California have 75 people on their pre-order list but claimed, four weeks ago, that they could get an M8 to people outside of that list by Thanksgiving. That may or may not have changed by now.