FrankA Posted August 15, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Looking seriously at an M8 but no one I can find have lenses in the summilux or cron range. Where are the new lenses in the USA? Help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Hi FrankA, Take a look here Where are the lenses?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Artichoke Posted August 15, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 15, 2007 Leica seems to release lenses through smaller specialized Leica dealers try Tamarkin/Kurland in NYC or Ken Hansen who sells Leica lenses out of his home in NY Tony Rose at Popflash Photo is a well respected dealer who advertises here, but in going through their stock pages, most of the faster lenses are not available a factor in US Leicas being in short supply may relate to the weak $ as well you have to call around a bit ...it seems faster lenses are in short supply I think it wise to buy now before any further price increases Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGeoJO Posted August 15, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 15, 2007 Popflash is another and a "sponsor" of this site and the big boy, B&H, is another one. Tony from Popflash treats his customers very well, in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankA Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted August 15, 2007 Popflash and B&H are out. I will try the other route. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGeoJO Posted August 15, 2007 Share #5 Posted August 15, 2007 Popflash and B&H are out. I will try the other route. Thanks Meaning they are out of lenses you are looking for or you don't want to deal with any of them for whatever reasons? I am not quite sure which.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_Flesher Posted August 15, 2007 Share #6 Posted August 15, 2007 Looking seriously at an M8 but no one I can find have lenses in the summilux or cron range. Where are the new lenses in the USA? Help. I think Guy Mancuso bought all of them... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 15, 2007 Share #7 Posted August 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have whatever you need , went on a 401 k buying spree and bought every lens out there . Now i will add 20 percent to that and i get rich. Nice plan but $5 dollars won't get me very far. LOL try http://www.camerawest.com Dale labs in Florida Glazers Photo Village adorama also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cometsoft Posted August 15, 2007 Share #8 Posted August 15, 2007 I've been having pretty good luck with Frank at NY Camera and Video (in PA, not taxed in NY). You have to call though, no inventory on the website. http://www.nycv.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat_mcdermott Posted August 15, 2007 Share #9 Posted August 15, 2007 Photo Village has 28, 35 & 50 Summicrons, as well as 35 Summiluxes in stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 15, 2007 Share #10 Posted August 15, 2007 Leica Camera Berlin has several lenses in at the moment, and can ship worldwide. I think they have a decent selection of 35/50/75/90 lenses, but are lacking wides. I also heard today that so many people are buying and ordering Noctiluxes at this point in time, even at the new price, that Leica is considering refusing orders for a while. He promised me that my Noctilux would take longer than 4 months to get to me They are apparently having some trouble with glass types, as both Schott and Corning and Hoya, the three suppliers, are not able to deliver certain types of glass at a sufficiently high quality any more. This is why the Tri-Elmar was cancelled, by the way. They got samples from all three suppliers, and the quality was too low in each case. Impurities, improper cooling, and so on. Apparently a small number or TEs were made with the new glass, and deemed not good enough, and are just sitting on some shelf now. I find this a bit schocking, to be honest. What is the world coming to when even the best glass suppliers in the world can't deliver glass of a sufficiently high quality for Leica? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddp Posted August 15, 2007 Share #11 Posted August 15, 2007 Try Bergen County Camera in Westwood, NJ as well. Bergen County Camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8ing Posted August 15, 2007 Share #12 Posted August 15, 2007 Hanover Cameras in hanover new hampshire had a few new lens in last week. also it a tax free state Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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