dennersten Posted February 16, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted February 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was down to my photoshop and bought an extra battery. He said he had 14 M8s on order at the Nordic importer in Denmark. He had just got the message from them that they can "hopefully" deliver everyone within a 12 month period. "But we can't be more precise than that". Â Seems like Leica have a lot to do these days. Great! Does it look the same at other places in the world? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shootist Posted February 16, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted February 16, 2007 They are not readily available anywhere. But here in the states you can find one if you keep looking, and reading this forum. I buy most of my photo equipment from B&H, just because they have a big selection and have most in stock, not true for any local shops in my area. In fact there are no Leica dealers in the Atlanta GA USA area. I got my M8 from a shop in Florida because someone posted on this forum that they had some. I had been looking for over a month and every time B&H had some I was a minute or hour to late and they were gone. They don't last long once they are posted as in stock. I feel for all those that ordered when they first came out and are still waiting to get one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andit Posted February 16, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted February 16, 2007 Well, here in South Africa it's pretty much the same situation. I've had an M8 on order since begin January. Leica, here, is getting 3 camera's in at the end of March (hopefully), one of them is mine. Can't wait... Â Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted February 16, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted February 16, 2007 I have three dealers that e-mail me on a regular basis of stock on hand and i always do post that here for folks to take advantage of. Hopefully some more will come to the surface than folks can get without waiting. Â Success for Leica depends on many things which many of them have already been proved . They need to continue with development to expand the M lenses and continue to offer the support and customer service they have been known for .For a small company there will always be challenges like this but they have done a good job , not perfect but from a personal level they have been responsive to our needs and our issues at hand. For that they get my money and my support. In return I get outstanding images from there gear, sounds to me like a win win situation. That has been my experience with them since i started with leica gear with the DMR and now the M line Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 16, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted February 16, 2007 They are not readily available anywhere. But here in the states you can find one if you keep looking, and reading this forum.I buy most of my photo equipment from B&H, just because they have a big selection and have most in stock, not true for any local shops in my area. In fact there are no Leica dealers in the Atlanta GA USA area. I got my M8 from a shop in Florida because someone posted on this forum that they had some. I had been looking for over a month and every time B&H had some I was a minute or hour to late and they were gone. They don't last long once they are posted as in stock. I feel for all those that ordered when they first came out and are still waiting to get one. Â I bet I could get one within the week over here. (actually did so in the beginning of January) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xxl-user Posted February 16, 2007 Share #6  Posted February 16, 2007 we don´t need more lenses, we need a digital m camera which works without problems! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 16, 2007 Share #7  Posted February 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) we don´t need more lenses, we need a digital m camera which works without problems!   I've got a surprise for you: we have it and it is called the M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xxl-user Posted February 16, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted February 16, 2007 I've got a surprise for you: we have it and it is called the M8. Â magenta-problems, cyan-vignetting, bad auto-whitebalance, sudden death, no enviromental sealing, porr metering method, backfocus, no pc-socket etc. Â thanks, not for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJL Posted February 16, 2007 Share #9  Posted February 16, 2007 we don´t need more lenses, we need a digital m camera which works without problems!  Really? I tend to think that the M8 works quite well, thank you.  As for not needing more lenses....what about 18/2.8 ASPH? or 24/2 ASPH? or 35/1(oops....CV already has a pretty good 35/1.2)...with close focus to 0.5m or so?  I would not mind seeing any/all of these come from Solms. So, yes, we could stand a few more lenses that take advantage of the M8 to permit image capture that is now a bit more challenging. Just an opinon  LJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xxl-user Posted February 16, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted February 16, 2007 better a perfect working m9 with fullframe-chip (leica invented 24x36) and no more new lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker Posted February 16, 2007 Share #11  Posted February 16, 2007 magenta-problems, cyan-vignetting, bad auto-whitebalance, sudden death, no enviromental sealing, porr metering method, backfocus, no pc-socket etc. thanks, not for me.  If it's not for you why do you need to voice your opinion on something you don't own and have no intention of owning? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 16, 2007 Share #12  Posted February 16, 2007 magenta-problems, cyan-vignetting, bad auto-whitebalance, sudden death, no enviromental sealing, porr metering method, backfocus, no pc-socket etc. thanks, not for me. Magenta-problems none for those that understand the advantage or IR cut filters in front of the lens Cyan-vignetting - Panotools until the firmware 1.10 comes out - no problem if at all noticeable. Sudden death - very rare and in common with other high tech products - but yes No sealing - yes, like any other Leica Poor metering method :confused: Backfocus- mostly user error or easily adjusted. No Pc socket - fine now I don't have to drag a cart with a PC on it when shooting in the street. etc. Old hat, sir. The camera is indeed not for everybody.And fortunately there are plenty of differently conceived fine camera's out there to give the consumer a choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal_meheut Posted February 16, 2007 Share #13  Posted February 16, 2007 magenta-problems, cyan-vignetting, bad auto-whitebalance, sudden death, no enviromental sealing, porr metering method, backfocus, no pc-socket etc. thanks, not for me. We do not live in the same world. Magenta problem is fixed, cyan-vignetting will be this month, metering is ok, backfocus just a rangefinder alignment problem like on the film M, pc-socket is not mandatory on such a camera and so on.  But you can continue whining and waiting for the next camera whilst we take pictures with this one and enjoy it. And thank you for explaining the defaults of a camera you don't own and know really nothing about to those who have it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xxl-user Posted February 16, 2007 Share #14 Â Posted February 16, 2007 If it's not for you why do you need to voice your opinion on something you don't own and have no intention of owning? Â because i live in a land where i am allowed to tell my opinion - if you like it or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted February 16, 2007 Share #15 Â Posted February 16, 2007 I would go further and say you live in your own small world... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 16, 2007 Share #16 Â Posted February 16, 2007 because i live in a land where i am allowed to tell my opinion - if you like it or not. Â Well- that gives me the right to point out that you are not voicing an opinion- but blathering uninformed nonsense. Which is of course your right as well,. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted February 16, 2007 Share #17  Posted February 16, 2007 magenta-problems, cyan-vignetting, bad auto-whitebalance, sudden death, no enviromental sealing, porr metering method, backfocus, no pc-socket etc. thanks, not for me.  If you allways only look at the theoretical negative side of a product you wont never ever find a product which makes you happy. If it is not the M8 it probably also wont be the M9 or M10.  Magenta problems are non existent in the moment you use a 486 filter.  Cyan corners areonly a problem for some images in 28mm and wider and (hopefully) be a non issue as soon as we got firmware 1.10. No sealings might be an issue for few people, but I bet for most of the users they dont use there cameras in really bad environment anyways. The metering is simple but not poor. Backfocus is a calibration thing. Nothing new and Need for correct calibration is a disadvantage of all rangefinder-systems. no pc-socket.. I dont see for what you would need one?  How many of the issues would be issues for real USE? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xxl-user Posted February 16, 2007 Share #18  Posted February 16, 2007 time will tell that i´m right with waiting.  let´s speak again in some months... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 16, 2007 Share #19  Posted February 16, 2007 time will tell that i´m right with waiting. let´s speak again in some months... Indeed it will, but I prefer enjoying the great tool at hand, despite some quibbles. Life is too short to waste. It is an interesting thing, this cargo cult mentality, always waiting for the treasure ship to arrive from the distant horizon. It leads to tribes lounging on deserted beaches, scratching their sand-flea sores and dying out in the end in disappointment.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted February 16, 2007 Share #20 Â Posted February 16, 2007 Magenta-problems none for those that understand the advantage or IR cut filters in front of the lens... You mean there are still some people who don't understand the advantage of putting those marvelous filters on their superior Leica lenses? Incredible... They must be blind those poor little things. Or they're wearing red spectacles perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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