At least this time we have an official press release from Leica. The first M8 Safari comment I came across this morning was: “Let me know when they produce a version covered in reticulated Ostrich testicles and I just might be interested” (source). I am not the target audience for this model but if I [...]
If the US price of the Leica M8 Safari is really going to be USD10,000, I am suspecting Leica will be in world of pain (source). FYI the M8.2 costs USD 5,995 and the lens Elmarit-M 1:2.8/28 costs USD 1,795 so the premium for the Safari Limted Edition will be over USD 2,000 not to [...]
I just checked the comments section and a reader had already sent me this – first pictures of Leica M8 Safari:
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As reported earlier (see here and here) another limited edition Leica M8 Safari is coming our way (see also the new Leica M8 Panda – unannounced, but already available in stores):
Price of €7,500 in a kit with a Summicron 28mm f/2 lens
Leica M8.2 Safari will feature a green covering, the same vulcanite finish as the [...]
A website in the Netherlands is ready to sell a limited edition Leica M8.2 Safari (reported by LeicaRumors few weeks ago):
“I have heard from two separate sources that Leica is coming out with two special edition M8.2 cameras – one is a Hammertone finish and the other is a green safari finish” (Source).
The safari version may look like this Leica M6 Green Millennium edition.
Here is a picture of a Leica R3 Safari Edition.
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