Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] S snapshots
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 19:49:00 +0000
References: <BDC79021-FADA-4408-84AF-D9C55A5A48B8@gmail.com> <CE5575CC.104A0%mark@rabinergroup.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9CDD4F947@WHIZZMAIL02.whizz.org> <1378897390.4424.YahooMailNeo@web87906.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>

It certainly is odd, but numbers seem to be increasing, I think my dealer 
must have had double figures by now. Oddest thing to me is that the R 
adaptor, a simple piece of metal with no electronics, still has not been 
released!

john

> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of FRANK DERNIE
> 
> I spoke to the dealers I bought my M8, M8.2 and M9 from. I ordered an
> M(240) last October. Neither dealer had had a single camera to sell yet.
> There are a few possibilities I can think of for this:
> Much greater demand than expected.
> Production problems.
> Component variability leading to out of spec cameras having to be re-
> worked.
> Selling only in markets with the biggest margin/growth.
> 
> >________________________________
> >
> >There are only about half a dozen people on this list with one AFAIK, 
> >still
> hard to get hold of.....
> >
> >john
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> >> To cheer you up how much talk is there really lately about a new
> >> Leica full frame M (240) that you can snap up for a measly eight grand
> usd?!?!?
> >> Not when there's stuff out there you can get for a lot cheaper.
> >>
> >


In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] S snapshots)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] S snapshots)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] S snapshots)
Message from frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE) ([Leica] S snapshots)