Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know anything about the Chinese market except that I did hear about those commemorative limited editions made for sale there. The gaudy gold one is not personally my cup of tea. I don't follow why some people in other countries have taken offence (based on political views or history) that Leica has made these available in China. Seems like the countries of origin of our favourite cameras have some historical significance as well. Of course there is a Leica store in Moscow as well etc etc. As far as I know these are not even offered for sale anywhere else but perhaps some may end up in other collectors' cupboards. On the M8 and M8.2, certainly Leica has said that serial production has stopped when the M9 was introduced. That doesn't preclude limited 'commemorative' runs though.White M8s for example were certainly still being assembled in Solms last July after M8 serial production had stopped. I imagine that these types of sales help cashflow for Leica for little effort. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman 2010/1/26 Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> > Wait a minute, both the M8 and M8.2 are still on their site? Do we > have firm statement from Leica that they are discontinued? > > Geoff? You have a pretty ear for this sort of thing? > > Not that it matters to me per se :-) > > > >> > > > > They probably did. These could be re-packaged New-Old-Stock (NOS) units. > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: > http://rfman.wordpress.com > // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >