Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] M9-P Hermes Edition
From: manolito at videotron.ca (EPL)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 18:50:45 -0400
 
Joseph Yao wrote:

"I ordered a set solely for the silver chrome 50/0.95 ASPH.  I don't care
about the M9P, 28/2.0 ASPH and 90/2.0 AA.  I missed the silver chrome
50/0.95 ASPH that came with the M3P set for the Japanese market."

The M3-P bundled with the silver chrome 50/0.95 was commissioned for Peter
Coeln's Leicashop in Vienna.

At the time, Leicashop also commissioned and sold a special retro-styled M9
with the same Noctilux. I believe there were 20 of each set and retail was
EUR 25,000. So there are 40 chrome 50/0.95 lenses out there from that
earlier batch. Now with the chrome lenses made for the M9-P Hermes, there
are 140 chrome f0.95 Noctiluxes.

It was the M3J (current MP with black paint early M3-style exterior) which
was made for the Japanese market, body only, no special lens.

Emanuel