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My M8 to arrive next week


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I spoke with my dealer yesterday; my M8 will ship mid-week and I should have it by the end of next week.

 

He tells me that his rep has 5 only. The dealer has 3 people on the waiting list and is getting 1. All 5 are black -- too many people complained about the silver cameras, obviously. I ordered silver and will get black.

 

He also tells me that the entire 07 production has been pre-ordered.

 

What a buzz Leica has created for themselves. If the finance guys there can hang on, it looks like they've made it home free.

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My understanding from a posting about 10 days ago is that cameras were shipped (from Solms?) on 11/27. I am told that in the US they all ship from NJ, and they all go out at the same time.

 

I know that early allocations, of the first version, arrived in France (!) and England first, with Germany only 3rd. Some guys posting in Asia also apparently have 1st allocations cameras.

 

I think Leica tried to distribute pretty envenly. I hope they and we can all live with the furor that will burst out this time if the supply really is as thin as I am told.

 

I would expect that they have budgeted production for about 20,000 cameras. If this is already allocated for all of next year, everyone will be talking about this camera that no one can buy over the counter.

 

Regards,

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It's funny that so many people have had to wait so long to get their M8. I went to the demo in Montreal on Oct 28th and ordered it then and got it 10 days later. I guess I lucked out, of course it will have to go back for the "upgrade" but thats what you get for being an early adopter. I really haven't had any serious problems so will wait till mid january to send it in.

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