Category Archives: Leica M9

Leica M9 now also on eBay

By LR admin | Published: September 23, 2009

For a premium of US$500 (compared to US prices) you can get a brand new Leica M9 on eBay, directly from Japan.

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Leica M9 now shipping

By LR admin | Published: September 23, 2009

Apparently Adorama is already shipping their first Leica M9 pre-orders. The text on the product listing page changed to:

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First Leica M9 limited edition

By LR admin | Published: September 23, 2009

“In an historic move, Leica has confirmed plans to launch a one-off version of its M9 full-frame digital camera. The specially crafted Leica M9 will mark the 125th year of publication of Amateur Photographer (AP), the UK’s oldest consumer photographic magazine.” For more information on how you can win this camera, go to Amateur Photographer.

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Leica M9, X1 announcement in Japan (video)

By LR admin | Published: September 16, 2009
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A video tour of Leica M9 assembly and testing and more

By LR admin | Published: September 13, 2009
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Did Leica jump the shark?

By LR admin | Published: September 13, 2009

From an article in the German Giessener Anzeiger newspaper two weeks ago (Google translation): “The 1000 employees of Leica Camera AG (Solms / Lahn-Dill-Kreis) fear for their jobs. With sharp words of CEO Rudolf Spiller employees in a staff meeting has described the situation of Leica. In order to stabilize the company, the employees are […]

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First batch of Leica M9 recalled? *updated*

By LR admin | Published: September 12, 2009

Update: there is NO RECALL whatsoever. SH-Photo simply did not want to sell the camera to the prospective buyer as he was form overseas and blamed this on Leica (buyers be aware). There is currently a thread on dpreview stating that the first batch of ten Leica M9 cameras shipped to a store in Germany […]

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