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 […]
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)
Update: one day later, 31% of the tickets are sold out. The first Leica M9 lottery got sold out in only 3 days. This time LeicaShots has doubled up the reward: the prize is now a Leica M9 and a Noctilux f/0.95 lens combo (or any other equivalent combo). The lottery was announced few hours ago and […]
The rumor is that as of end of last week Leica has produced 4000 M9 units for worldwide distribution.
Just some links/updates from the past few days: Amazon has M9 in stock, but for the price of $8,999 (from a third party). It seems that this reseller (Willoughby’s) is willing to negotiate, so you may want to give them a call and negotiate. eBay has four M9s for sale – the prices vary from […]
If you have an M9, you certainly could – see Justin Stailey from Leica US stepping on top of a M9 (if you are annoyed by the interviewer, just skip to the 2:09 mark and yes I know, they got the wrong M9 picture at the beginning of the video):
Kamera & Bild reports that Leica has decreased the production of the Leica X1 camera and increased the production of Leica M9. As mentioned in the article, new cameras sell best right after the official announcement and long waiting times could discourage some potential buyers (Google translation): “New models sell best in the beginning and one can therefore wonder whether […]
