andrew robertson Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I made a small wager with Andy Piper a while back <a href=http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch- msg?msg_id=00Goiz&tag=> on this thread</a> and the clock is ticking soon. I just polished up the Industar and have had a suitable box and quantity of bubble wrap ready to go, but I don't think I'll be needing it! Anyway, I wish Leica the best. They still have two days to get the production version of the M8 into customers hands before the period of our small wager expires... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Goiz&tag= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie_cheung Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 They are in *some* stores according to a couple threads here in the LF though they are not widely available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_piper2 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I KNEW I felt a sinking feeling for some reason...! Jeez - I hope someone still SELLS generic cable releases! Guess I can find one somewhere... So far as I know, reps have already gotten "production" cameras and shown them in stores - but deliveries will be Nov. 15 and later. I lose. AND the Broncos lost in the last 2 seconds.... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry_pfile3 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Remember Leica is a small outfit, and I'm sure each one is both handmade and inspected to a fare the well. Canon and the like probably produce more cameras by sundown the first production day of the year then Leica does by the time the next year rolls around. Don't think you'll ever see them arriving at dealers by the pallet load. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_a. Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Tony Rose said leica already revised shipment from 2000 units to 1500 units when completed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry_szarek Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Apparently they were available this weekend at Hunt Photo and Video in Melrose for $250 less than MSRP. Unfortunately we were without Power for part of Saturday stopping my little field trip. Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shashikant_agarwal2 Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 $250 off at Hunt's? The person in store told me it's a Hunt's rebate of $200! Also, they expect their first shipment about two weeks later, corresponding to the Nov 15 indicated earlier in this thread. Gerry, do you know if Hunt's had any M8 in stock for sale? I saw just one demo unit available when I went yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 "Jeez - I hope someone still SELLS generic cable releases! Guess I can find one somewhere..." The wager was over a soft release (one of those little button extenders you thread into your shutter release) NOT a cable release, which I have legions of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyde_rogers Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 On the Leica forum, Pascal Meheut (a longtime no-BS contributor) claims that his local store has called, and his M8 is there---he's picking it up today. Unless another reliable report comes along, watch this Leica forum thread to see who wins the bet... http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital-forum/8297-my-m8-shop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay_patel Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Leica had said they were planning to ship all 2000 at once so that nobody would feel slighted. Thinking about it now, it seems like they should have sent the US batch out first, because it will have to go through customs. Really though guys, it's a camera, not the Second Coming. Take a breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r s Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Seems like Andy Piper won (<a href="http://www.leica-camera-user.com/digital-forum/8297-my-m8-shop.html#post80622">Link</a href> ) as the M8 is now in some stores. There are other repors than the one linked to as well.<br> Congrats Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_piper2 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 "soft release" - duly noted. S'cuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_piper2 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 The original deal - edited for space and intervening OT comments: Andrew Robertson - I will be very surprised if it ships before 1st quarter 2008. Andy Piper - Want to bet? - say, the price of an M8? Andrew Robertson - I'll send you a free Industar 61LD if it's in stores in September. If not, you owe me a generic softrelease. Andy Piper - I'd take that deal- but the shipping won't be until October. Plus it depends on how one defines "in stores". In stores long enough (2-3 hours) for the people on waiting lists to come pick theirs up - by October 31, 2006. Andrew Robertson - OK, if the orders are being fulfilled in October and customers have their camera in hand by 10/31 then you're on! Since ONE customer in France has now actually picked up his M8 on Oct. 30 (see links previous, now updated with that news), and since no particular country was specified in the original wager - I declare a moral victory. Leica is delivering M8s in Oct. 2006. But a practical draw - since there are no M8's in either Denver or Seattle stores. (Or anywhere in the US so far as I know - Darn that puddle called the Atlantic!) In any event, Andrew, I have a nice black Nikon soft release that could use a good home (I don't use 'em on my Ms) - so email me off-list with a mailing address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_piper2 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I should clarify: the Nikon soft release is for standard center-threaded shutter buttons - not the external thread used for screw-mount Leicas and Nikon F/F2s. I think it dates from the F3 or FA era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie_cheung Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 It's available in Dubai and some Arkansas store according to a coupla threads further down LF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 My old Gran saw one in Woolworth whilst she was cleaning the counters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 "Seems like Andy Piper won (Link ) as the M8 is now in some stores. There are other repors than the one linked to as well." Sorry, the original terms were "in the customer's hand" by the end of October. Being in the shop doesn't help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 By the way, as I never use my Industar any more anyway, it's going to Mr. Piper as a consolation prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r s Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Well it's obviously in some people's hands. Was the bet that all 2,000 units were to be delivered? If it was me, Andrew, I'd forfeit or call it a draw. Didn't you say they would be delivered in 2008 by the way? ;-) <br><br> Anyway, a lot of more important things to dwell upon - being Halloween and all. I'm off to mix up some drinks. :) <br> Have a safe one everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted November 1, 2006 Author Share Posted November 1, 2006 "I'll believe it when I see it" is my general attitude with this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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