Leica M9-P now in stock

10 Comments

1. Brian
   Posted October 26, 2011 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

   Evidentely there are several places with black M9-P… the problem is finding one in chrome.

2. h
   Posted October 26, 2011 at 7:51 pm | Permalink

   There’s not much general interest in buying an Leica M9-P.
   I’ve been pressing F5 on that page for the past 5 hours. I am surprised they are still in stock. o_O
   I would of expect them to sell out like X100′s right after the earthquake.

3. M!
   Posted October 26, 2011 at 9:49 pm | Permalink

   there is inherently something wrong with this.
   supply and demand.
   is it under supplied, or really high demand.
   or, no one cares much about it?

   • asdasd
     Posted October 27, 2011 at 7:41 am | Permalink

     combination of both. very low demand and even lower supply.
     but quite loud minority.
     so you get a feeling that there is really quite a few users using it but in fact there is more X100s sold then all digital leicas with changeable lens.

     • asdasd
       Posted October 27, 2011 at 7:42 am | Permalink

       *then all digital leicas with changeable lens sold ever*

4. OM
   Posted October 27, 2011 at 11:21 am | Permalink

   Demand for M9-P has plummeted. maybe because people are actually thinking of going with nex-7 instead?

   • Lee
     Posted October 27, 2011 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

     NOT hardly. Every place I talk to can’t keep any kind of M9′s in stock. As much as people want to believe something like an nex-7 is an M9, its NOT.

5. Nobody Special
   Posted October 27, 2011 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

   A part of me has always believed – especially after Kaufmann’s/Leica last photokina bash – that he has a bit of a different idea about Leica, marketing, the value or what constitutes a customer base, and what he thinks we want, and will pay for.

   Is they had something else to sell they’d have it ready – and Fuji’s X100 is a perfect example of where Leica’s priority’s aren’t; in delivering product that is a bit more relevant and modern than they have invested in, the S system not with-standing.

   The demand for a FF M was pent up with the what still was left of the loyal M base, that could not last forever. Heck, many of the R and M users were asking for focus confirmation years ago as well as a upgraded finder for the M. So instead of prioritizing a bit more user-friendliness into it, they have a big party for the M9T, special editions, and a cooperative ‘effort’ with Magnum to get ideas – when all along they have been getting plenty.

   The first thing they came up with was the M9P – maybe he should think again about what the users have been asking for instead?

6. Francesco
   Posted October 27, 2011 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

   Do I really have to see lizard skin M9s and Sheik Abdulla versions with white diamond M9s or whale penis foreskin leather edition for the Japanese market, before Leica comes up with a decent M10 (just three improvements, please: good ISO 3200, fast image review at 100% and dual SD cards)

   Why can’t Leica outsource the collector editions to Sotheby’s or who the f*§$ is good at selling collectible bling and try to concentrate on a working CMOS FF chip. Heck, get outside help. Whatever. 30 or 40 years ago Leica has managed to sell a pair of M6 cameras with 3 or 4 lenses to every self respecting photojournalist – even if they had to carry their Nikons as well. That is still a niche out there. Then, Leica can begin to relax a bit. The megapixel wars and the noise wars are sort of over. Nikon’s and Canon’s full frame chips are good enough. Leica – if they can’t manage to produce their own chip – might as well buy someone else’s chips and put them into a M style body (with a bit of tweaking for those rangefinder rays…) Then, it will all be about useability once more. And Leica is good at that.

   Make a digital camera for reportage photography:

   - it better is as silent as a Fuji X100
   - it better has a 12+ MP CMOSFF ISO 3200-able chip
   - it better has have an image processor that shows the image at 100% in an instant

   - don’t waste time on flash-exposure logics (we have Canons or Niokons for that)
   - don’t waste time on video (for real HQ people will use Red or DSLRs)
   - don’t waste time on WIFI, LAN, GPS, etc. etc.
   - ISO, aperture, exposure time
   - even f*%§ whitebalance – people can do that in post (you’re not doing stuff with an M camera for the wire)
   - don’t waste time on a JPG engine
   - no delete button
   - no menu, no info
   - a simple digital MP

   And yes, 9000 Euros are OK, but hurry up, folks…

   • Nobody Special
     Posted October 28, 2011 at 12:50 am | Permalink

     Not to worry Francesco, Leica announced they will be having a whole new department for the REAL special editions. So, you see, they are supplying what the ‘customers’ are asking for!!!

     I remember years ago Leica told their ‘rep’ network offices across the USA (yes, they really used to have offices that actually could get you M and SLR loaners) to ask whether we could use basic AE on the SLR. But beyond that, and not much later, they started closing down the ‘rep’ offices and pulled back and sat on their collective butts.

     Never mind the money situation it put them in as they fell backword technically – they’ve always had an excuse to hold themselves back. Product direction, or creative product design has always been a loser to dinosaur thinking at Leica. Simple to use product that frees the users creativity does not have to be an old design or use propriatary technology, it just needs the willingness to do it.