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What's the '0' MM ? Even more money!

 

Leica should just include those red self adhesive Leica dots with the camera and leave it up to the user to decide whether to stick it on or not.

 

Of course that would lose them lots of valuable revenue for future P editions or whatever.

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I am off to Berlin for my annual visit next week.

 

Naturally, I'm taking my MM, and was going to stick my head in this store (although their prices are a 'touch' high, for the used stuff especially)

 

However, I am now too ashamed to visit, as they may spot my 'economy' MM, and pour scorn on me. Or even worse, eject me from the shop as a penniless undesirable.

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However, I am now too ashamed to visit, as they may spot my 'economy' MM, and pour scorn on me. Or even worse, eject me from the shop as a penniless undesirable.

 

Just tell them that you bought a red dot edition from another Leica shop, then paid Leica to customize it and have the red dot removed. I'm sure they'll just nod and consider you a typical Leica fan…then try to sell you a nice case to cover up the whole camera.

 

Jeff

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Well, I'd be willing to pay, say, €500 each for Leica to put Monochrom top/bottom plates on my M9s, if they have some spares.

 

I prefer black chrome to black paint (it wears better IMHO), and would be happy to get rid of the "full-frontal" advertising (a.k.a "red dot").

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... and would be happy to get rid of the "full-frontal" advertising (a.k.a "red dot").

 

You might consider just getting a black dot from DAG in the meantime. I got one for my black M for $40 and the subtle monotone facing makes a nice difference IMO. The black dot I got from him for my silver M8.2 cost only $22, which would be your likely M9 cost.

 

Jeff

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Well, I'd be willing to pay, say, €500 each for Leica to put Monochrom top/bottom plates on my M9s, if they have some spares.

 

Would Leica be willing to do this? I find the idea of a black chrome, no-red-dot, M9 with sapphire screen very appealing.

 

Nick

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Hi, Jeff - perhaos I should have said "ANY dot" instead of "red dot" - and it still doesn't solve the black-chrome problem.

 

Nick - I suspect not. My rep said Leica wants the Monochrom "look" (no dot, no label, black chrome) to be unique to that camera - although that then raises the question of why they've added the premium red-dot version of the Monochrom (maybe they had extra M9 top plates laying around after it was discontinued?)

 

[edit] - we should remember that top plates with a dot (any color) are machined differently than the Monochrom top plate. They have a ground-out circle into which the dot is cemented. Moncohrome plates have just a small thread hole for a screw.

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Hi, Jeff - perhaos I should have said "ANY dot" instead of "red dot" - and it still doesn't solve the black-chrome problem.

 

Yep, I knew what you meant, Andy. But I wanted to let you know that the black dot appears a lot closer to dot-less on a black camera. And for just over twenty bucks, why not consider?

 

As far as the chrome, I suspect you don't like the silver version, as I'm sure you know you can upgrade to an M9-P, which meets your other criteria (although with some script on top), albeit at a higher cost.

 

Jeff

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Black dot Leica M ;)

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