VictoriaC Posted April 29, 2015 Share #1 Posted April 29, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I believe I've mentioned elsewhere that I saw an M-P Safari set in central London about a week ago and if it wasn't for the fact I've already got an M and a 35/1.4 I'd have bought it. The fact that it's an upgrade, albeit a small one, on the M and that it's in green makes it oh so very very tempting, sigh. So WHY OH WHY doesn't Leica release green as a colour option (along with black and chrome) right from the outset of the release of a new model?!?! Grrrr Black and chrome are both very nice but green is a classic Leica colour so make it immediately available too… please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Hi VictoriaC, Take a look here The safari colour option. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
lct Posted April 30, 2015 Share #2 Posted April 30, 2015 "Olive" and "Safari" bodies have always been special editions since the M1 if memory serves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaC Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted April 30, 2015 Yes but so? It's like change the record already. That's like saying Lieca was always film so why do digital or it was CCD so why do CMOS? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 30, 2015 Share #4 Posted April 30, 2015 Tradition and money i suspect. Collectors pay better . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted April 30, 2015 Share #5 Posted April 30, 2015 Tradition and money i suspect. Collectors pay better . Except that there was no premium for the Safari Edition (beyond coming as a kit). Similarly, when I did the sums yesterday for the Leica M Set Edition "Leica 100" made for the Leica Store in Miami, there was no premium at all if you priced them separately - a huge price to swallow in one lump, but allowing $600 for the Rimowa case, the Summilux 28 was only $2,000 ... My Leica M Edition 60, not so much. The premium there was significant, but then it is not just a standard camera with a chrome finish - the body was finished in a different way, there is different firmware, the top and bottom decks are made of stainless and the lens is also made of stainless and is of different construction (though the glass is obviously the same - I'm talking about the focus and aperture rings). Apart from the old fashioned lens design on the Correspondent Edition, that looks like the standard product rubbed on something (which may or may not have been Lenny Kravits). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 30, 2015 Share #6 Posted April 30, 2015 Must be made for poor collectors then . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaC Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted April 30, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) It seems to me to be a marketing ploy to sell more copies of a soon-to-be replaced camera body. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2015 Share #8 Posted April 30, 2015 It seems to me to be a marketing ploy to sell more copies of a soon-to-be replaced camera body. That's absolutely correct and if one reminds to the R3-Safari-Set any new green M-lenses are missing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 30, 2015 Share #9 Posted April 30, 2015 any new green M-lenses are missing. I don't seem to recall that Leica ever made green M lenses but i may be wrong. Only olive bodies like M1, M3, M4, M4-2, M6, M8.2 & M-P since 1959. Nothing new under the sun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2015 Share #10 Posted April 30, 2015 I don't seem to recall that Leica ever made green M lenses but i may be wrong. Only olive bodies like M1, M3, M4, M4-2, M6, M8.2 & M-P since 1959. Nothing new under the sun. You're right, there have been no green M lenses. Until perhaps one small exception, if the Bundeswehr-Elmar 135mm would be count in its green socket on the green lenses. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/Leica-M3/M3-Olive_Bundeseigentum/index1.htm Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/Leica-M3/M3-Olive_Bundeseigentum/index1.htm ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/244392-the-safari-colour-option/?do=findComment&comment=2807138'>More sharing options...
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Guest Posted April 30, 2015 Share #12 Posted April 30, 2015 Hektor 4.5/13.5cm engraved: Bundeseigentum 12-120-162x, green vulcanite, both caps, green leather case stamped: Bundeseigentum, 12-129-774x Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/Leica-M3/M3-Olive_Bundeseigentum/index1.htm Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/Leica-M3/M3-Olive_Bundeseigentum/index1.htm ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/244392-the-safari-colour-option/?do=findComment&comment=2807144'>More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted May 4, 2015 Share #13 Posted May 4, 2015 It seems to me to be a marketing ploy to sell more copies of a soon-to-be replaced camera body. Photokina 2016 is not what I'd consider soon... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted May 4, 2015 Share #14 Posted May 4, 2015 Photokina 2016 is not what I'd consider soon... It's not but there is no reason to assume that the successor to the M240 will be announced at Photokina. Leica sticks fairly rigidly to the three year product cycle and the safari edition is the surest sign that a newer model is only months away. It would also be somewhat typical of Leica to announce a new M (which will presumably have a number of hardware "improvements" such as better EVF, movable focus point blah blah) only a few months after releasing the latest Monochrom based on the Typ 240 hardware. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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