B&H just listed the Leica M9 Titanium limited edition in stock for $26,500.00.
As far as I know all other units are sold out, at least in the US. Only 500 pieces were produced of this M9 limited edition. More M9T videos, images and information is available here.
Update: the camera sold for less than an hour.
There is another
Amazon has one for sale at $34,999.
Leica Camera AG announced their best quarterly and nine months results since its IPO in 1996. Products younger than two years account for 67 % of the total sales in the current fiscal year. The reported sales showed a 73.2% increase compared to the same period from previous year. The number of Leica employees increased from 1,062 to 1,112.
In an interview with AP, Leica’s CEO Alfred Schopf said that staff have worked “voluntary overtime” and promised to improve the delivery time of cameras.
Full press release:
Since Fuji officially announced the X100 to the US market last week, I now have more detailed information to update my previous Leica X1 vs. Fuji X100 specifications comparison:
| FujiFilm X100 | Leica X1 | |
| Sensor | APS-C CMOS | APS-C CMOS |
| Resolution | 12.3MP | 12.9MP |
| LCD screen | TFT, 100% coverage | TFT, 100% coverage |
| LCD screen size and resolution | 2.8 in. 460,000 dots | 2.7 in. 230,000 dots |
| ISO range | 200-6400 (expandable to 100-12800) | 100-3200 |
| Lens | Fujinon 23mm f/2 | Elmarit 24 mm f/2,8 ASPH |
| Lens design | 8 elements in 6 groups, 1 aspherical | 8 elements in 6 groups, 1 aspherical |
| Video mode | HD 1280×720 with stereo sound | N/A |
| Image stabilization | No | Yes |
| Max shutter | 1/4000 at f/8, 1/1000 at f/2 3 f-stops built-in ND filter | 1/2000 across the aperture range |
| RAW format | RAF | DNG (Adobe) |
| Continuous shooting | 5/3 fps | 3/2 fps |
| Exposure compensation | -2.0EV +2.0EV 1/3EV step | -3.0EV +3.0EV 1/3EV step |
| Storage | 20MB internal, SDHC/SDXC(UHS-I) | 50MB internal, SDHC |
| Battery capacity | 300 exposures | 260 exposures |
| Warranty | 1 year | 2 years |
| Included software | Silkypix (Windows only, $100 value) | Adobe Lightroom ($260 value) |
| Made in | Japan | Germany |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 126.5 x 74.4 x 53.9 mm | 124 x 32 x 59.5 mm |
| Weight | 405 g | 286 g |
| Price | $1,199.00 | $1995.00 |
Few months ago Leica had a Leica V-Lux 2 giveaway. The ten winners received the camera with some North Face gear and headed to their destinations. You can check the Leica Explorer website for their pictures and updates.
Full press release:
There is already a Leica M9 Titanium :
I am curious to see if the camera will sell for that price. As far as I know all 500 pieces of the M9 Titan were sold out already weeks ago.
Update: there is another Leica M9T on Amazon for $59,999.
