[Leica] M9 production

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Nov 1, 2009, at 2:35 AM, Frank Dernie wrote:

> I ordered one on 9/9/09 from my usual dealer. I got it last week.
> I think it is great that Leica have a huge demand for the M9, it  
> seems to me to be no more un-available here than the Canon 5d mk2  
> was for the first year or so. So not much to uniquely lambast Leica  
> here, I think.
> I understand that the high skill level needed for the manufacture  
> will not be something one can get at the job centre tomorrow, even  
> if there were sufficient jigs and tools to warrant extra staff. I am  
> sure they will clear the backlog and attempt to get an idea of  
> continuing production volume requirements such that they can assess  
> what the long term manning levels can/should practically be.
> Anything else would be foolish since it would satisfy a tiny number  
> of vociferous critics and jeopardise the future of the business.
> Frank F has been criticising Leica along these lines as long as I  
> have been on this list, which is probably about 10 years now :-)

I love my M9 Frank, as I kind of suspect of you,

I wanted to add here that although criticism is not foreign to this  
list and is not all bad,  endless, pointless criticism without any  
photographic results ever produced for this list is another...

and of course it will get  exactly the same response from Leica as it  
gets here...

I hope you enjoy the camera,  I personally feel it is as close to my  
M7 as I could want, and I just ordered the 1.4 vf magnifier to assist  
me with focussing of the Noctilux and the Summilux 75 wide open...

my best, Steve