Price increase for Leica USA and M8 Delivery

[Tony Rose]

Yep, it is official. There will be a 4 to 5 % icrease on Leica M lenses and Leica Sport Optics. The M and R cameras along with A La Carte program will not go up until the first of January 2007. :bang:

Also the Leica Digital M is now called the M8 for an unofficial estimate at $47***** Black and Silver. We are told that we will be receiving our first shipment by the second to fourth week in November. If you are interested, we are now taking deposits for our first delivery. At this time there are now 32 firm slots in the Queue. We have 60 units on order through December.

Have a great Summer!

TR

 

[telenous]

Isn't anyone going to say something?

How odd to greet the arrival of the M8 with silence...

It's coming.

 

[ghost]

wow, this sounds too good to be true. they're going to meet both the deadline and the target price? 😀

 

[PeterL]

$5K ? I'd better save some, then, and then save some more for lenses. Luckily, my GAS is very limited and I managed to not order that very sexy looking MP-3 a few times in a row.

Were specs of number of megapixels, multiply factor etc. know already ?


Peter.

 

[back alley]

makes the rd1 look like a bargain now.

 

[rover]

5k is actually a car or two less than what I expected the digital M to be priced.

 

[MP Guy]

deposit check is in the mail tomorrow.

 

[Mackinaw]

I have absolutely no interest in digital, at least so far, but if any camera could get me to cross over to the dark side, the M8 is it. I'll be watching this camera closely.

Jim Bielecki

 

[back alley]

deposit check is in the mail tomorrow.

i wanna be on your payroll!

 

[peter_n]

5k is actually a car or two less than what I expected the digital M to be priced.

LOL rover!. Actually you can get two M7s for that. Right now I think I'd rather have the M7s.

 

[amateriat]

Oh, we're all just struck speechless, is all...


- Barrett

 

[JoeFriday]

I'm going to wait 6 months until the M8 is obsolete and pick one up used for $800

 

[ch1]

Well, there you have it, kind of a so what?

I think that now that Godot is about to arrive the anticipation is as bubbly as a bottle of flat soda.

I do think its too bad they are calling it the M8 and not the D8 or DM8.

Sounds as if the M7 is indeed the end of Leica's film RF line....

Edit: then again, they probably could not maintain two RF production lines....?

 

[rover]

I'm going to wait 6 months until the M8 is obsolete and pick one up used for $800

The wonderful digital world we live in.

Ray_g and I were just talking this morning.

To DSLR or not to DSLR? That is the question.

What will 2007 bring?

 

[merciful]

OK: not interested. I like Tri-X better.

Isn't anyone going to say something?

How odd to greet the arrival of the M8 with silence...

It's coming.

 

[jlw]

Also the Leica Digital M is now offically called the M8 for $4995.00 Black body only at this time. We are told that we will be receiving our first shipment by the second week in October.

Any specs? e.g. framelines, power supply, interface, final crop factor, ISO range, etc.?

$5000 seems stiffish for a pig in a poke, even if the poke does say "Leica" on it.

 

[John Camp]

This is excellent news indeed. I can't wait. If Leica can be that definite with a dealer, about delivery, then they must be either in production or right next to it.

Here's a tip for you film guys: the quality of photography depends on the quality of the photographer, but on a technical basis, this camera is going to kick film's ass; this will be like owning a Leica medium format film camera. 😀

JC

 

[merciful]

Just as soon as you can do with the M8 what I do with TX at EI 12,800, we can discuss the technical issues; the rest of your statement is inarguable.

Here's a tip for you film guys: the quality of photography depends on the quality of the photographer, but on a technical basis, this camera is going to kick film's ass; this will be like owning a Leica medium format film camera. 😀

JC

 

[ch1]

This is excellent news indeed. I can't wait. If Leica can be that definite with a dealer, about delivery, then they must be either in production or right next to it.

Here's a tip for you film guys: the quality of photography depends on the quality of the photographer, but on a technical basis, this camera is going to kick film's ass; this will be like owning a Leica medium format film camera. 😀

JC

May I ask one question?

Why?

It will be a high priced digiRF with about a 10.3mp sensor.

This is not some kind of a technological breakthrough.

It is simply a luxury good belatedly joining an already well-advanced technological movement.

Do you think that because some of us here like (and perhaps even, prefer) film-based photography that we are naive?

John, get a grip - we're none of us babies here,

Okay?

 

[rich815]

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To DSLR or not to DSLR? That is the question.

No offense meant but if your style of photography is one where a DSLR is even a consideration I wonder why you would use a RF in the first place. A DSLR has zero attraction for me. I thought maybe it would until I picked one up, added a lens, felt the weight, heft and bulk, and my voice shouted inside said a big "no thank you."