This is an official letter from Leica (I have the actual PDF file, so it is real):
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
We would like to inform you that you we will put a new Firmware-Update 1.116 for the LEICA M9 onto our homepage. The free of charge download is expected to be available by Monday, March 15, [...]
Usually B&H doesn’t list products as “Available for pre-order” (just received e-mail notification) unless they know they will be getting some in stock in the next few days:
B&H link for steel grey version.
Similar to the Leica D-Lux 4 mini-site, I started collecting Leica M9 reviews, links and related stories on the day the camera was announced – all this information is now available at the Leica M9 mini-site.
To be continued…
UPDATE: Amazon is now offering a 100$ discount on the Leica M9 if your order was previously canceled: reorder by the end of February 2010 and the credit will automatically be applied to the total.
Black Leica M9
Steel grey Leica M9
Update: the black M9 is now labeled as “Usually ships within 1 to 4 weeks”. A reader has ordered one on 1/15/09 from Amazon and he received an email back with an estimated delivery of 1/29-2/9 (thanks for the update J):
The steel grey M9 is now back to “signup to be notified” (and not taking [...]
Amazon started to take pre-orders for Leica M9 again – currently labeled “Temporarily out of stock”. Not sure what this means exactly (maybe they are expecting a shipment?), but they don’t charge your credit card until they actually ship the item:
Leica M9 (black)
Leica M9 (steel gray)
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