macusque Posted June 17, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm going to sell the M8 plus accessories and lenses. Could I list the gear here ? I guess I'd brake forum rules, but I recall someone already did it. If I can't list here, I heard that Guy run a buy&sell forum, could anyone point me there ? Thanks Marco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 17, 2007 Posted June 17, 2007 Hi macusque, Take a look here Selling my M8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
carstenw Posted June 17, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2007 There is meant to be a buy&sell forum here, but I am not sure if it is up-und-running yet. Since the forum is no longer affiliated with Leica, why don't you just post it, and if the buy&sell is running, I am sure the moderators will just move the thread. I am surprised to hear this, Marco. Do you just prefer your DMR or what is the reason? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted June 17, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 17, 2007 The B&S section here isn't up and running yet... Patience is a virtue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted June 17, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 17, 2007 Hmm. I guess Marco isn't going to be sitting on his equipment until the forum is running, unless that is tomorrow or sometime soon (and known). Will you not tolerate the thread? In that case I guess he will go elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGeoJO Posted June 17, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 17, 2007 You always can list it on FM; Tom Conte posted a WTB for an M8 earlier but he already found one in the meantime. I am surprised as well that you want to sell yours, Marco, now after the dust has settled..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macusque Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted June 17, 2007 I'd prefer to post here or at Guy's site rather than Fredmiranda's, because there are much more Leica M users here and lots of great guys I appreciate and respect (not that there aren't on FM though.. ). Anyone please could point me to Guy's site ? Thanks, Marco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted June 17, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 17, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Andreas said he'd be turning sort of a blind eye to for sale posts in the customer forum FWIW!. Quote "I've to stick to some rules by Leica for a very short time. I won't check for sales ads to close but please discuss availablity, price and other details via PM." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted June 17, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 17, 2007 Hate to hear you are selling, here is Guy's sitehttp://www.leicamarket.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth_c Posted June 17, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 17, 2007 marco, I have sent you a private Message...hope to hear from you soon. Gareth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macusque Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted June 17, 2007 Btw, I love the images from the M8 and Leitz glass and even Voigtlander's is great! It's only that I realized that probably rangefinder isn't for me, as I constantly reach for my DSLR rather than the M8, despite the better output from the Leica. When I use the M8 I can hardly concentrate on the subject and composition, because I find focussing slow, even compared to manual focussing on, say, the Nikon D200, which is not the best for manual focussing... I also much prefer to see through the lens, instead of through a fixed finder with not so precise framelines. In the end I can't justify my over 10,000 EUR investment for the times I actually use it. Maybe I could have simply kept the R-D1 with a couple of nice Voigtlander... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Milich Posted June 17, 2007 Share #11 Posted June 17, 2007 Marco, as a long time Canon 1ds Mark II user I think of selling my M8 daily! Still, I force myself to stick it in a bag and bring it along to some nasty places where I work in Brazil. And in the evening when I download my card from the M8 and look at the images shot at f/2 or 1.4--nothing, I mean nothing comes close to it. Bless my M8 for being small, black, and crappy looking with all the black tape I've wrapped around it. Its allowed me to do my job without looking like a pro and at the end of the day it delivers the goods when it comes to the extreme high quality my agency demands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macusque Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted June 17, 2007 Ok, I take my risk.... hope Andy will be tolerant enough... Here is the gear I'm selling: Leica M8 black (s.n. just over 3000) with leather camera protector, Leica 1.25x magnifier, one spare battery and two SanDisk 2 Gb Ultra II SD cards. 3400 EUR / 4500 USD Leica 21-24-28 finder, black: 200 EUR / 270 USD Voigtländer 15/4.5 silver with semi-glued B+W IR filter, John Milich adapter (for self coding - 150 USD new), 15mm and 21mm Voigtländer finders: 400 EUR / 530 USD Summicron 28/2 Asph black 6 bit coded by Leica, with Leica 46mm IR filter: 1900 EUR / 2530 USD Summilux 50/1.4 Asph black 6 bit coded by Leica, with B+W 46mm IR filter: 1800 EUR / 2400 USD Apo-Summicron 90/2 Asph black 6 bit coded by Leica, with B+W 60mm filter (the lens is still at Solms, it should be here within the end of the month): 1500 EUR / 2000 USD ------------ Whole sale for 8800 EUR / 11700 USD -------------- All items in excellent condition with their own box. I'll take images of the gear in the next few days. Please PM me for any info about shipping and payment. Cheers, Marco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macusque Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share #13 Posted June 17, 2007 Zoran, I well understand and you do have a point in keeping the M8 for your type of work. But even if I photograph since I was fourteen, almost twenty-five years ago, I am still an amateur and I can't justify to keep all this expensive gear just in case sometime I'd bring it to some exotic place where I can't use my SLR. Just like I can't justify to get a 600/4 AF-S for that photo-safari which I never did... Still, I know I'll miss it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
topoxforddoc Posted June 17, 2007 Share #14 Posted June 17, 2007 Marco, I'm sorry you're selling up all you M gear as well. It must be only two months ago that you sold your R9, DMR and R glass. Did you sell your 1.4x APO converter? How are you getting on with your D200 and N glass? Best wishes, Charlie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Milich Posted June 17, 2007 Share #15 Posted June 17, 2007 Marco, wow you have the dream glass! But if it doesn't work for you dump it. I have a new 500mm Canon IS lens which I feel the same way about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth_c Posted June 17, 2007 Share #16 Posted June 17, 2007 Marco, I am definetely interested in the M8. Please PM me details of shipping to the UK and also clarification on the questions I previously PM'd to you. Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted June 17, 2007 Share #17 Posted June 17, 2007 Marco, I'm sorry you're selling up all you M gear as well. It must be only two months ago that you sold your R9, DMR and R glass. Did you sell your 1.4x APO converter? How are you getting on with your D200 and N glass? Best wishes, Charlie Nice... ;-) t Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macusque Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share #18 Posted June 17, 2007 Hi Charlie, indeed I sold my DMR a couple of months ago, Apo 1.4x included. The 280/4 Apo (returned calibrated from Solms - stunning lens) is still pending, due to an ebay winner who has still to pay after 4 weeks... I initially thought to keep the M8, because it's so much different from anything else, but I almost never use it. Lately I became less maniac regarding photographic gear, the D200 plus some fine Nikkor lenses satisfy me enough. The only lens I really miss in the Nikon lineup is a fast 28mm, now that the 28/1.4 is discontinued. The M8 plus Leica glass has better output, aperture and focal lenght being equal, but the Nikon is more flexible and in the end I can get great results (or just the same garbage images ) without having to keep both systems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leicawanabe Posted June 18, 2007 Share #19 Posted June 18, 2007 This is another good site to sell at. CameraGas.com I have a few items for sale there and there are TONS and TONS of Leica stuff there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL3075 Posted June 18, 2007 Share #20 Posted June 18, 2007 This is another good site to sell at. CameraGas.com I have a few items for sale there and there are TONS and TONS of Leica stuff there. Marco, I'd be interested in the 28 Summicron. PM me how you want to proceed. Thanks, BILL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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