Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>Are the Focomats still available? I heard that they were >>discontinued. > >From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> >They ARE discontinued but there are still some unsold units floating >around. And even the V35 is readily available used, though even used >the price is quite hefty. > >Marc As Marc says, there are still some in the pipeline. But I wouldn't be too complacent if you're thinking about buying one new. I happened to be in the highest-volume Leica shop in Tokyo today (the rather unfortunately-named Lemon Camera), and besides the floor display model they had only one left in stock. Parts were already becoming a problem even before the discontinuation, the salesman told me. He showed me an unfilled back order for glassless negative carriers dating back to last December. Adrian Tanovic Tokyo