Leica STARTER set

[FrankS]

...is now the M7. Wow!

http://www.leica-camera.us/photography/m_system/starter_set/

I wonder if all the folks who bought M7's realized they were just buying "starter" cameras. 😉

 

[IGMeanwell]

Yeah I would like to see the prices for that "Starter" kit

 

[rover]

I wish I was just a starter again.

 

[FanMan]

the price in Germany is EUR 3,850 - compared to EUR 4,400 for the body + the 2.0/50mm, if you would prefer to buy it seperately.

 

[peter_n]

Yes well what they don't tell you is that it is also a "finisher". 🙂

 

[Frank K]

$4295 here

 

[ghost]

why don't they have an mp starter set?

 

[raid]

"Start" the downfall of the buyers' financial and personal lives, maybe?

Raid

 

[Bromo33333]

...is now the M7. Wow!
I wonder if all the folks who bought M7's realized they were just buying "starter" cameras. 😉

At US$4300 it does not seem to be very "starter" to me! 😛

 

[FrankS]

why don't they have an mp starter set?

I think that the implication is that in film, the M7 is the starter set and the MP is the premium body. In digital, the M8 is the premium body.

 

[reagan]

Think I'll just remain a "quitter." Quitters have more cameras and I can't afford to be a Starter.

 

[peter_n]

If you keep your eyes peeled and are patient you don't have to pay anywhere near that price. I bought a new US Passport M7 from a Leica dealer on eBay last year for $2275 and got a free Leicavit as well; effective cost for the body was $1775. RFF sponsor Popflash is selling new gray market M7s for $2695, and (apparently) new "premium" 😉 MPs for the same price.

 

[borismach]

I got a start kit from Leica some 10 years ago, with an M6 Classic and Elmar 50mm. I then moved on in the second hand market.

 

[Ash]

Introduction to Leica M= Start of the ongoing phonecalls to the bank manager negotiating delayed loan payments

 

[dcsang]

If that's the case.. I'm glad I'm a starter... 😀

Dave

 

[wongyboi]

My Starter Kit:

M4-2 $600
M-Hexanon 50mm $200

😀

 

[egpj]

My starter was an MP and a Noctilux. I thought 50mm, yeah that is what everyone recommends and it is f1 so it's fast. Yeah fast is what I need. Sort of the mentality while looking at hot rods. You know, bigger engine, it must be better. Then I thought, all I need is 28 and a 90, then I'll be done. Yeah, right!

 

[fraley]

I was told that if you purchase an M camera by the end of the year, Leica is issuing 500.00 USD coupons good towards other Leica equipment. So a Leica MP and the 500.00 off a lens pretty much equals the M7 starter kit. I am seriously thinking of doing this.

 

[egpj]

I was told that if you purchase an M camera by the end of the year, Leica is issuing 500.00 USD coupons good towards other Leica equipment. So a Leica MP and the 500.00 off a lens pretty much equals the M7 starter kit. I am seriously thinking of doing this.

Yep, it sounds like a really good deal. If you get a lens they throw in 2 free 6 bit codings as well as a coding for the lens you buy right then. Suh-weet!

 

[Magus]

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