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Is Leica still shipping the M8???


Fotomiguel

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I was supposed to have received my M8 this week. My dealer emailed me and informed me that Leica was updating the M8 and that it would be at least three weeks for delivery.

I think this a wise move on their part

perhaps it also bodes for a hardware fix

I am a bit surprised that Leica did not note the significant problems with the M8 prior to its release, but I suspect pressures to get one out for Photokina played a role

from what I have seen, they may come up with a simple addition of a presensor IR filter that would be a user option ...it could be added or not used as the photographer finds necessary

a company that came up with viewfinder goggles can certainly work this out

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I was supposed to have received my M8 this week. My dealer emailed me and informed me that Leica was updating the M8 and that it would be at least three weeks for delivery.

 

Actually, to me, that's good news. It is surprising that they still maintain the official "no comment" position to their loyal customer base.

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I'm in London, UK.

 

I have been my dealer's top-of-the-list for nearly 3 weeks now, been talked to him last week, the shipping was told to be delayed for another 1 week or 2, but still "could be first week of December". I doubt it, and impatient :p

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I feel certain they will have stopped shipping and probably stopped building complete cameras even if they are still doing some work on sub-assemblies.

 

Ball park, they were making 50 a day, call it $3000 each out the door, so that's $150k revenue a day they are deferring and in the meantime they have staff and bills to pay.

 

This hiatus is a one off - it can only be so - and they have to be certain the camera is as right as it can be before restarting.

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