Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/05

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Subject: [Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009]
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:52:54 +0200
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Or it may have been 500 per month - sounds more reasonable
Douglas

Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> Wow! if so they can fairly claim their market success. If sustained that
> production rate would double the annual M body sales from M6 onwards 
> (quoted
> by Stefan Daniel).
> I can tell you that no-one on this continent has one for sale. The expected
> next two shipments are spoken for more than 3 times over.
> You don't even want to know about the distributor's back ordered stock.
>
> 2009/10/6 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
>
>   
>> According to my information,
>>
>> 2000 (possibly a few more) were available for sale and as demos in the
>> first lot distributed on 090909.
>>
>> Future production is estimated at a max of around 500 per week. (they are
>> after all only a small company)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Vick, world wide demand far exceeds supply, so I guess that qualifies it
>>> as
>>> a success so far?
>>> I don't know how many have made it into LUG members hands though. Steve 
>>> is
>>> the only person I'm aware of here that has one currently.
>>> I do know several other users that are reporting theat they are very
>>> pleased
>>> with their new cameras
>>> 2009/10/6 Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> "....The new Leica M9 is proving to be a tremendous success in the
>>>> market.
>>>> ...."
>>>>
>>>> Are there enough Lugger's shooting M9's to validate the above assertion?
>>>>
>>>> Vick
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------Subject:     Leica Newsletter -- 05
>>>> October 2009
>>>> Date:     Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:25:04 +0200
>>>> From:     newsletter at newsletter.leica-camera.com
>>>> Reply-To:     newsletter at newsletter.leica-camera.com
>>>> To:     <vick.ko at sympatico.ca>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Leica       Dear Friend of Leica,
>>>>
>>>> The new Leica M9 is proving to be a tremendous success in the market. We
>>>> are working very hard to satisfy the exceptional demand it has 
>>>> generated.
>>>> This newsletter gives you updated information about this exciting new
>>>> product, the Leica M9.
>>>> Subjects
>>>>
>>>> 09/09/09 Conference Webcast available online
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009])
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Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009])
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009])