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On 9/8/2021 at 2:51 PM, Datsch said:

@humerc @benqui  thanks for the serial numbers

@fabior   @egrossman thanks for that, another two new batches ...

Here is the current list of M10-D Batch numbers, implying a total production run of 1400 units:

53265xx    
53323xx        
53324xx
53325xx    
53326xx
53327xx
53332xx
54883xx        
54885xx        
54908xx        
54911xx    
54925xx
55003xx    
55004xx

Anyone who has an M10-D with a serial number not in those series then please do let us know about it ...

 

55014xx

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On 9/14/2021 at 3:40 AM, Datsch said:

@Steven is that net sales you're talking about?

Call it 2000 units, at $/E/£7000 each retail. Half goes to the VAT and the retailer. That's 2000 * 7000 / 2 = 7million for Leica's production and marketing and profit.

Sure margins may be low, they may be high, but let's say 10% net profit on 7m which is 700,000

Of course, there are pretty much fixed startup costs of introducing a new model -- R&D, design, testing, tooling, sourcing parts (eg rotary backplate ISO dials ...😄 )

So it's more like 'how many units before it starts to wash its face' and then after that you're churning them out with a decent profit per unit.

We might get a clue from limited edition runs which we must presume are profitable ... they often have extremely small R&D and startup costs as changes are mostly cosmetic (eg sourcing a batch of different coloured leather, setting up the CNC machines for a different engraving, etc), plus they charge more for the product. So even a little change is expensive to make.

The -D's have much harder stuff to produce -- new firmware, new backplate, new dials, so would need to be sold in more than limited edition numbers?

I think the whole chasis is different from the other M10's. The only thing they can source from the bins are the genius thumb rests recycled from the M2's. That nickel Helier 50 f2 LTM was limited to only 600 units.

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Am 8.9.2021 um 14:51 schrieb Datsch:

@humerc @benqui  thanks for the serial numbers

@fabior   @egrossman thanks for that, another two new batches ...

Here is the current list of M10-D Batch numbers, implying a total production run of 1400 units:

53265xx    
53323xx        
53324xx
53325xx    
53326xx
53327xx
53332xx
54883xx        
54885xx        
54908xx        
54911xx    
54925xx
55003xx    
55004xx

Anyone who has an M10-D with a serial number not in those series then please do let us know about it ...

 

55002xx

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On 12/25/2021 at 7:29 PM, wimdev said:

I found at least one M10-P on ebay with a similar serial number (5488592), so perhaps not all of the batches were solely assigned to M10-D's.

My M10-D is 5488428 by the way, filling in the gap between 54883xx and 54885xx.

 

Willem

Thanks for the serial number, that now makes 27 batches or a theoretical 2700 units.

And even more thanks for finding that 54884xx contains an M10-P! That really does question the idea that all batches are fully built out (ie 100 made per batch) and that they are exclusively one type of camera. The M10-P in question is/was for sale at Leica Lisse in Holland and is a Royal Selangor Pewter Edition.

Perhaps Leica squeezed it in that batch as there were only ten of the Royal Selangors made?

I've looked at 9 other M10-Ps today and so far none of them share an M10-D batch, but I will keep looking ...

Enjoy  your new -D!

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12 hours ago, newtoleica said:

I sold mine after a few months back in 2021. Would like to get another but seem to be pure unobtainium in the UK.....

@newtoleica I know what you mean. I only saw two for sale in the UK in 2022: one at mpb and one at lce bristol.

My trick is to seach google images, past week option, and make sure "Leica M10-D" is in quotes otherwise it takes -D as meaning 'exclude the letter D'

There is one advertised in Italy at the moment, but I cannot vouch for it not being a scam or something:

https://www.msmaterialefotografico.it/prodotti/fotocamera-leica-m10-d/

Good luck,  /datsch

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56 minutes ago, Datsch said:

...There is one advertised in Italy at the moment...

My language skills are pretty much non-existent, Datsch, but even I can have a good guess as to what the bit circled means...

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On the 'plus' side this screen-grab was taken some 50 mins after your post so perhaps Brendan got in there earlier?

Interesting to see that the M10-D appears to be just as difficult to find as the M-D Typ-262. I wonder if Leica might consider putting-out, say, a couple of thousand M11-D cameras after all?

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Philip.

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3 minutes ago, pippy said:

My language skills are pretty much non-existent, Datsch, but even I can have a good guess as to what the bit circled means...

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On the 'plus' side this screen-grab was taken some 50 mins after your post so perhaps Brendan got in there earlier?

Philip.

Ah! You are quite right, I think 'Venduta' does mean 'sold' in Italian ... oh well ...

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