Comments on: B&H now accepting Leica M9 orders

By: someonewhoknows

someonewhoknows — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:37:13 +0000

yes. also got to play with a pre-production X1 today. was very impressed, lens is probably worth $2000 by itself, photos were as sharp as some S2 samples that I have seen. The X1 camera will do very well for Leica.

By: David

David — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:41:55 +0000

Really? Wow that is good info.

By: someonewhoknows

someonewhoknows — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:18:10 +0000

every leica dealer in the USA gets one m9 every 20 days. thats it. (they do not care who you are, or what kind of volume you can do with it. there will not be enough cameras to catch up with demand until next august at the earliest.

By: David

David — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:57:59 +0000

In my casual spare time I’ve been watching M9 listings on eBay, saw one sold for $10K, another one supposedly “sold” for $12K and then got relisted; that seller has a -1 review by someone who claims to have been scammed (thought that someone him or herself has no review ratings, there is def. somthing fishy going on with that listing). Two more were put up, a grey one that is currently being bid at $9K, and a black one that is currently being bid at a little over $7K. My guess is Leica will push out a large shipment before the holidays (any day now), and then the employees will take off for the month. After this lot I think end of Jan will be the earliest we see any further shipments.

By: SR

SR — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:17 +0000

note that they are taking orders, not pre orders – this is a good sign

By: future m9 owner

future m9 owner — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:10 +0000

I put an order in – I think bandh will get it before my local dealer does. Even if they don’t, I can aways cancel the order.

By: yoshitoshi

yoshitoshi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:27 +0000

This is who I got my M9 from at the beginning of this month. I got very lucky.