Leica Price increasing April 1, 2021

[kshapero]

As if they weren't expensive already.

https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2021/03/leica-price-increase-coming-april-1-2021/?utm_source=Leica+Store+Miami+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=36926ee900-2021_03_16_price_increase&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_936a8848e0-36926ee900-395668017&mc_cid=36926ee900&mc_eid=10521bb344#Mcameras

 

[raid]

It is April 1, Akiva. It is a joke 🙂

Right?

 

[jsrockit]

Imagine if any other company tried to do this with products that have already been released... people would freak. It says something about Leica that they can get away with this...

 

[kshapero]

It is April 1, Akiva. It is a joke 🙂

Right?

Nope, I don't think so.

 

[raid]

Ref: reddotforum
The amount will vary on a per-product basis, averaging about 2-5% for most items. This translates to a $100 to $200 price bump on the majority of M, SL and TL lenses. Some items will see larger jumps, like the SL2 and Q2, which are going up $600 and $500 respectively.

 

[hap]

Leica price increases

Leica price increases

As if they weren't expensive already.

https://www.reddotforum.com/content...&mc_cid=36926ee900&mc_eid=10521bb344#Mcameras

No inflation here.....move on.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Leica Camera AG goal is simple. It is M10 for ten. The rest will follow.

 

[james.liam]

It is M10 for ten.

Was "09.09.09" for the M9. Guess that's progress of a sort.

 

[Spluff]

I like how the CL Starter Bundle is cheaper than the CL Body Only Price!

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

MP and M-A seem to be having the least increase.. Take Leica's hint, folks 🙂

 

[kshapero]

Like I said, M-A for me.

 

[raid]

The digital cameras made me lazy. I stopped considering again to develop B&W film and to make prints. I really hope that I will not buy any other cameras.

 

[ellisson]

Good time to appreciate older lenses and cameras from Leica/Leitz.

A significant segment of Leica's market will easily absorb these periodic "adjustments"

 

[raid]

I have many old Leica lenses and some cameras too, so I am OK. I don't need any additional lenses, but once in a while I get another lens to try out.

 

[Bill Blackwell]

As if they weren't expensive already.

https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2021/03/leica-price-increase-coming-april-1-2021/?utm_source=Leica+Store+Miami+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=36926ee900-2021_03_16_price_increase&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_936a8848e0-36926ee900-395668017&mc_cid=36926ee900&mc_eid=10521bb344#Mcameras

I'm tempted to say "unbelievable" - but actually, I do believe it; not surprising at all.

I thought I'd never say it, but now a $2,500 M6 doesn't sound so bad!

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Supposedly the 25% import tariffs will be dropped within a few months.

If Leica sticks with these price increases after the 25% tariff is dropped- it equates to nothing buy price gouging.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...suspend-11-5-billion-of-tariffs-in-plane-spat

 

[Timmyjoe]

Oh No!!! Now I won't be able to afford the Leica Lenses and Cameras I wasn't going to buy anyway . . .

I'm sorry, it's just new Leica equipment has been so far out of my price range for so many years, them pushing it further out of my price range is really a non-issue.

Just my 2¢ worth.

Best,
-Tim

 

[raid]

I was shocked to find pairs of jeans selling for several hundred Dollars as I was used to Levis, Lee and Wrangler jeans that sold for $40. Leica cameras and lenses are similar to these costly jeans that sell for hundreds of Dollars. People who like them and can afford getting them actually get them.

 

[hap]

I'm tempted to say "unbelievable" - but actually, I do believe it; not surprising at all.

I thought I'd never say it, but now a $2,500 M6 doesn't sound so bad!

Hopefully not purchased with 1.9T in recent newly minted fiat $$

 

[Archiver]

As someone who has increasingly found huge value in secondhand gear, these price increases don't bother me too much. It's not hard to find gently used bodies and lenses on the secondhand market, especially if you're willing to wait. At the end of last year, I got a mint condition Zeiss Distagon 35 ZM by trading in two unused secondhand lenses and paying the difference in cash. I had bought those lenses about eight years ago, and the difference was only about $875 AUD. So it feels like I got a $3700 AUD lens for $875.