M2/3/4 > M8. When?

[HuubL]

The falling value of user M8's seems to slow down since a couple of months, but will inevitably go down further with increasing sensor age. When will the value sink beneath that of film Ms?

ADMIN EDIT
This is a very interesting question!
M8/8.2 LCD's are already unavailable.
How long will the supply of sensors and shutters last ?

 

[giulio stucchi]

I think it really depends on the definition of "user"
A beat up but still working M8 is already cheaper than a beat up and not working film m body with missing parts (in black paint). 🙂

 

[B-9]

M6 prices are already higher.

Considering I've tried to sell my M8 for under 1k$ that makes even a good condition M4 more.

The M3 and M2 will likely never surpase the M8 in average sales for average run bodies.

I've noticed a rize in prices of M4-2 and M4-P lately, now approaching the 1k$ mark in some instances.

The M8 is a great camera for its quirks, and I'm confident their prices will level out soon.
It is after all the cheapest Digital Leica available used right now, with the M9 at roughly double the cost.

 

[Huss]

Used M7s already cost more than used M8s.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Working M2, M3 and even M4 are selling on ebay for $700 or less. My working M4-2 was under $700. M8 are at $1100 for working one or more. I don't think M8 is going bellow $700 in next couple of years.
M8 price is driven by M9 price, which is still high, despite old and corrosive sensor.

 

[Range-rover]

This is not good for me, I'm trying to sell my M8 and after one inquiry nothing
yet, which is to bad because it's a great camera.

 

[Fraser]

I paid £130ish for my m4p so probably quite a long time. Just think of it when you buy an m8 you are getting a lot of film for free!

 

[B-9]

For me, it's over 1200ft and counting of bulk film to burn.

Thinking I could use another film body.

The M8 is great, I could just sell the film instead!

 

[jsrockit]

One off low price sales are not in the spirit of the thread. Typically, we can say the low end is around $550-700 for a film M2 -M42. The M8 isn't going below that until the M9 is sub $1200.

 

[jarski]

voted never. my guess is that M3 & 2 will always be lower, than still usable M8's.

 

[jsrockit]

voted never. my guess is that M3 & 2 will always be lower, than still usable M8's.

Well, that's assuming film Ms don't go up in value too.

 

[jsrockit]

This is not good for me, I'm trying to sell my M8 and after one inquiry nothing
yet, which is to bad because it's a great camera.

Bob, hang in there... seems like things sell slowly overall these days.

 

[Dante_Stella]

You can expect that as Leica is taking in M8s that cannot be repaired, they are being converted in the user base to MEs or M typ 240s. The diminishing supply of M8s will probably make them rarities.

By contrast, the number of film Ms already made, the dwindling number of people using them, and their expected longevity, might make them an oversupply risk. Like Rolex, Leica also now owns the supply chain for parts, so when the four people in the country with parts contracts retire, the repair costs will become pretty abusive.

So I think "never" is not an unreasonable guess.

Dante

 

[JOCO34]

As time goes by a clean working unmolested or upgraded M8 may even go up in value as Collectors search for shelf queens. Rarity does strange things to OCD collectors!

 

[jsrockit]

Time will tell if digital Leicas will be collectible. I think it'll be awhile, but it will eventually happen.

 

[raid]

When film options/prices become fewer and when film developing becomes rare/costly, then a majority of M film users will consider using a digital M camera. Then, the M8 (if still in working order) may return to be more desired than an M film camera.

 

[B-9]

Wowza, lots of M8's in the classifieds right now.

Maybe I should be selling my film gear and grab a second M8 for festival season....

 

[Huss]

Time will tell if digital Leicas will be collectible. I think it'll be awhile, but it will eventually happen.

The series 100 M240 definitely is collectible, and worth thousands over a regular M. Only 500 were made..

It's worth even more if it has a Lomo lens on it.
Full disclosure - this has absolutely nothing, nothing I tell ya, to do with the fact that I own it.
Bidding starts at $10,000..

http://us.leica-camera.com/World-of...tography/Leica-100-years/Anniversary-products

 

[Cyriljay]

M7 is already over the M8 but M6 never will be . I have a M6 and m8 but I love M8 and I am using it As much as I could while it is living !

 

[nasmformyzombie]

With the supply of spare parts dwindling, the M8 will be a camera 'orphaned' by Leica---and it will happen in about 10 years from the end of it's production. OK, technically Leica New Jersey no longer repairs the M5. The M5 was last produced in 1975, so it was supported for 40 years. As an aside, does Leica Germany AG repair the M5?

When the M8 can no longer be repaired it will join hundreds of digital cameras produced over recent years that will be paperweights.