Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, Is the heavy discounting due to sudden lack of interest in other market than Japan? I don't understand why as interest was generated elsewhere too according to John. I wonder if it is more like the same reason as for the new "O". Regards, David Original Message: - ----------------- From: Nathan Wajsman wajsman@webshuttle.ch Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:01:53 +0100 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Info on Current SM Lenses John, You are certainly right about the heavy discounting at the end; I bought a new 50 Summilux in January 2001 from Oehling Foto in Germany for quite a bit less than a normal M version would have cost (including adapter). Nathan John Collier wrote: > I do not know much about the numbers produced but it was not that many. > There was a high demand in the Japanese market where they were first > introduced. A special order by a Japanese dealer I think. News of their > availability in Japan created interest elsewhere so Leica did a run of > the 35/2A, 50/2 and 50/1.4 in silver chrome. They initially sold at a > premium over the M mount lenses but were heavily discounted at the end. > Mid to late production came with a bayonet adapter but I do think the > first ones did. Leica has said that they will make any of the current M > lenses in LTM if someone orders 100 and is willing to wait until they > can fit them into the production schedule. > > Perhaps Joseph or others cannot correct any mistakes I have made. > > John Collier > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html