fotografr Posted February 23, 2013 Share #101 Posted February 23, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) He seems to think that the delay is due to a problem with the video. Word is the firmware needs further tweaking because there are some problems with pixelation. I'll take mine without the video, so they can just go ahead and ship it to me now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 Hi fotografr, Take a look here End of March/ Early April. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest tanks Posted February 24, 2013 Share #102 Posted February 24, 2013 The only surefire way of expressing interest is to place a deposit. Well, here in the US B&H just authorizes the CC (which disappears after a few days if not charged), Amazon will not even do that until shipment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirekti Posted February 24, 2013 Share #103 Posted February 24, 2013 I've noticed B&H removed expected availability for M. I hope this doesn't mean something's bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeraash Posted February 24, 2013 Share #104 Posted February 24, 2013 Leica-Store in Singapore called and told my friend who live in SG that he can pay for the M now and receive the camera by next week. The Store will have only 5 Ms. Price is steep at around 8,600 usd so I passed. BTW, I live in Bangkok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted February 24, 2013 Share #105 Posted February 24, 2013 Ah, these hints... From William Palank that all may not be so dire as an end of March release... From Teerash that perhaps there are contractions signaling imminent birth, if only in Singapore... We understand, or believe we understand, the sequence of events leading to Sean Reid's, and Jono's and Ming Thein's publication of their reviews last week: once Michael Hussmann and Holgar Spar had reviewed the M in LFI, Leica surely could not ask them to hold back. But could all these signs of movement signal something better than the "End of March/Early April" time frame. Tune in tomorrow for our next episode of When Will The Damn Thing Be Released? You know you'll be back to watch... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
george + Posted February 24, 2013 Share #106 Posted February 24, 2013 :D:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedaes Posted February 24, 2013 Share #107 Posted February 24, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Michael Reichmann on his Luminus Landscape site suggests delayed until end of April. Seems to be in touch with Leica, but please judge weight of his comment yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgcm Posted February 24, 2013 Share #108 Posted February 24, 2013 Just got a call from a someone about something (please note the thread title I am posting in), and things may not be as dire as everyone is thinking.I had to confirm with this someone that he/she hadn't had a recent stroke. That's all I can say for now. I had a similar talk on the phone last friday Maybe nobody had a recent stroke..... Franco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEME Posted February 24, 2013 Share #109 Posted February 24, 2013 It'll happen rather sooner than later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 24, 2013 Share #110 Posted February 24, 2013 I have it on high, soon it will happen later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted February 24, 2013 Share #111 Posted February 24, 2013 I have it on high, soon it will happen later. Spoken like the Oracle of Delphi! :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirekti Posted February 25, 2013 Share #112 Posted February 25, 2013 Has anybody in the US received a call? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted February 25, 2013 Share #113 Posted February 25, 2013 http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/272429-end-march-early-april-5.html#post2324679 I hope you understand context. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tanks Posted February 25, 2013 Share #114 Posted February 25, 2013 Just talked to B&H in regards to the removing the availability date of "April 30, 2013" from their web site. Response: The reason they removed to date was that even Leica does not know when the camera will be available for shipment, or even how many they could ship to B&H in the first batch. So, I am thinking summer time if not later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirekti Posted February 25, 2013 Share #115 Posted February 25, 2013 I also preordered mine from B&H. I hope Leica haven't had any production breaks and truly hope to get mine in a few months time frame once they start shipping it. Summer sounds optimistic, but you never know. Is it possible they have a thousand or two cameras ready to ship for US market or they would stop the further production when they reached some number and none have shipped i.e. storage capacity issue? (I presumed they can produce 100 cameras per day) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canlogic Posted February 25, 2013 Share #116 Posted February 25, 2013 It would seem by some of the hints from William and others that it will probably be shipping relatively soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 26, 2013 Share #117 Posted February 26, 2013 I also preordered mine from B&H. I hope Leica haven't had any production breaks and truly hope to get mine in a few months time frame once they start shipping it. Summer sounds optimistic, but you never know. Is it possible they have a thousand or two cameras ready to ship for US market or they would stop the further production when they reached some number and none have shipped i.e. storage capacity issue? (I presumed they can produce 100 cameras per day) 50 a day, and they produce for the world, not just the USA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirekti Posted February 26, 2013 Share #118 Posted February 26, 2013 50 a day, and they produce for the world, not just the USA. Do you know when did the production start? ...I thought there were 50 a day in Germany and 50 a day in Portugal, at least I remember I read it so somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tanks Posted February 26, 2013 Share #119 Posted February 26, 2013 50 a day, and they produce for the world, not just the USA. Well, USA is the world for the most part in regards to the buyer's market . On a serious tone, I wonder if production has been going on where all that remains is final assembly, and QA on the final product. If that is the case then they should be able to push through a lot more than 50 a day. Assuming of course they are not limited by machine capacity on that final step. I remember doing an annual report of a company that specialized in optical transceivers, and receivers some years ago. I spent some time in their clean rooms taking pictures, and they had two machines dedicated to QA testing. So, their capacity was limited by the throughput of these machines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted February 26, 2013 Share #120 Posted February 26, 2013 Well, USA is the world for the most part in regards to the buyer's market . Actually not. It seems people in some small area of Finland who were 6th on the list, got their Monochrome whereas the US received nil. I'm talking people #1 on the list all over here. As far as the APO goes, I think there have been 2 delivered to the US and substantially more to Europe/China. If you set up a capitalization scale, even more dire (especially for China). Let's hope Leica decides on the M, OK it's the US turn for once, and they just might do that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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