[Leica] Leica Announcement (?) - No M9 this year; M8 Upgrade

[jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)]

Interesting return to their roots:

Rather than buy a new Leica during the screwmount era, you could return your
Leica to Wetzlar to be converted to a state-of-the-art model. Think of the
various Model As and Bs which became IIIfs thanks to a visit at the Wetlzar
"spa".

So I suppose that the M9, whenever it appears, might include an upgrade from
an M8 with what we're coming to expect from the next generation: a full
frame sensor, revised finder masks, the UV color fix and whatever else is
technically possible at that point.

Glad to hear that they're going to quiet the shutter--the shutter/recocking
noise is definitely pronounced on the M8.

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA
 



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Man
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Announcement (?) - No M9 this year; M8 Upgrade

M8.2!!!

At 01:40 PM 1/29/2008, Richard Taylor wrote:
>The Leica User Forum has this link posted as of today regarding no M9
>this year and availability of an M8 upgrade.  Has anyone seen this
>direct from Leica?
>
>See the left-had column.
>http://theleicaman.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/page5.html