Difficulties purchasing Leica lenses in the USA

[AllenPalmer]

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I am new to the forum and would like to get a sense of why so many dealers in the USA have difficulty obtaining Leica lenses from the manufacturer.

[tdtaylor]

Not to be obnoxious, but there are many threads of various flavors on this topic.

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/185735-leica-even-making-any-m-lenses.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/186926-lens-availability.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/186907-lens-availability-europe.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/150266-summilux-m-50-asph.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/185610-35mm-summilux-asph-ii.html

 

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/163598-summilux-m-35-mm-f-1-a.html

 

Hopefully this will get you started. There are many more. Some threads start about Europe and migrate to other areas through the course of the thread. I personally have been waiting approximately a year for a 35mm lux FLE.