Crem Posted March 24 Share #1 Posted March 24 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I find this difficult to believe. Curious if this is fake news or not: https://leicarumors.com/2025/03/24/the-silver-leica-mp-camera-is-now-officially-discontinued.aspx/ Edited March 24 by Crem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Hi Crem, Take a look here Silver MP discontinued?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
f8low Posted March 24 Share #2 Posted March 24 (edited) Would have bet the silver M-A is the least requested of the analog models…. Edited March 24 by f8low Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69xchange Posted March 24 Share #3 Posted March 24 Just now, f8low said: Would have bet the silver M-A is the least requested model…. MP* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted March 24 Share #4 Posted March 24 Still available on Leica online store. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
f8low Posted March 24 Share #5 Posted March 24 2 minutes ago, 69xchange said: MP* In the sense that I thought if one of the five analog models was too much, the silver M-A would need to go… So now I am surprised. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted March 24 Share #6 Posted March 24 Not the message you want to send out in the middle of a 100 year marketing campaign. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69xchange Posted March 24 Share #7 Posted March 24 Advertisement (gone after registration) What if they are placing the Silver chrome MP with a Silver Chrome M6 Reissue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted March 24 Share #8 Posted March 24 38 minutes ago, 69xchange said: What if they are placing the Silver chrome MP with a Silver Chrome M6 Reissue? The red dot is a tacky hangover from the tasteless ‘70s no one wants it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeamosau Posted March 25 Share #9 Posted March 25 My theory based on no knowledge or evidence (so very reliable!) - there will be a 100 year silver Leica MP announced in May. I’m guessing there will be some kind of film Leica for the 100 years. You heard me make this up here first! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted March 25 Share #10 Posted March 25 I would wear a silver MP proudly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
f8low Posted March 25 Share #11 Posted March 25 Spitball idea: If there is (no clue if there actually is) a need to thin out the palette of analog models, it makes sense to go to - Silver M-A - Black paint MP - Some flavour(s) of M6 Motivation: - Offer silver, black, black paint options for analog shooters - Offer w/ and wo/ meter - The black M-A is the last black chrome camera in production and contradicts a bit their mission statement about black chrome Offering five analog models in 2025 is pretty nice, even if internals are relatively similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted March 25 Share #12 Posted March 25 We've had these sorts of rumours from Leica Rumours before, and I don't think it's a coincidence that it's linked to an advert for B&H having some to sell. In the past a camera being unavailable was also seen as a camera being dropped when in reality it was simply because they are all built in batches and and at certain times you'd have one or other model all sold out and unable to order one because Leica hadn't got around to restocking. Leica don't send them out the door in dribs and drabs, all the dealers receive new stock at the same time and while dealers still have some to sell it's not much of an incentive for Leica to build even more of them to flood the market. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted March 25 Share #13 Posted March 25 (edited) 13 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said: Still available on Leica online store. Blimey, is it £5,000 for a film M nowadays? I can't say I'm totally surprised (inflation and all that) but it doesn't seem all that long ago that an MP was around £3,500. I don't remember the price being in-between but I suppose I haven't been paying Leica (especially the M side of things) much attention in recent years. Edited March 25 by wattsy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helge Posted March 25 Share #14 Posted March 25 I don‘t know, what timeframe you might consider „not all that long ago“, but it was already at about 4,600€ for an MP in early 2021 (about 5,300$), in 2010 already at about 4990$ (I don‘t know the 2010 price in € or £) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted March 25 Share #15 Posted March 25 Mine cost £1,860 in Jan 2003, and according to the Bank England inflation calculator that's £3,334 in todays money. In the USA they were about $2,500 new in 2003 which I understand is about $4,300 today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helge Posted March 25 Share #16 Posted March 25 2003 ist definetely long ago 😀 But you see, the MP was already in 2010 (7 years later) double the price, that was an average inflation of 10%/year, so the major price increase seem to have happened in the first years after the new MP was introduced, not today. Calculating the increase from 2010 (US 4990$) up to today 5995$, an increase of approx. 20% or 1,2%/year average inflation over those 14 years. I would assign this major increase basically directly after introduction to the major financial crisis Leica did go through in ~2007/2008. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 25 Share #17 Posted March 25 There's no source for the screenshot linked to above and nothing on the Leica website. Also, why would Leica discontinue just a silver MP? Surely it would be all Silver M's? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 25 Share #18 Posted March 25 (edited) Hmmmmm. https://www.useforesight.io/news/eu-mandates-50-reduction-in-hexavalent-chromium-for-decorative-plating https://www.magnetomagazine.com/articles/proposed-eu-chrome-plating-ban-isnt-what-it-seems/ Edited March 25 by adan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted March 25 Share #19 Posted March 25 6 minutes ago, adan said: Hmmmmm. https://www.useforesight.io/news/eu-mandates-50-reduction-in-hexavalent-chromium-for-decorative-plating Does that cover bright chrome only ( like the shutter ring on the black paint MP ) or does it also include the matt-silver and black chrome finishes as used on the M-A? If it was the EU, why did the introduce the new 11714 50mm Summilux in silver earlier this month; a black paint on brass version would have flown off the shelves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 25 Share #20 Posted March 25 Ask an industrial chemist. I don't think Leica per se does the parts-plating. It may be done by their tame metal-working subsidiary, https://www.weller-feinwerktechnik.de/en/content/home.html ...or other supplier. In any event a 50% reduction is required, so cuts have to be made somewhere to introduce new uses. May also explain why the M11 black version uses a non-black-chrome finish. It is apparently expensive to refit a plating operation to use tri-valent chrome. Tough times for the "Leicas as jewelry" crowd. 🥵 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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