Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And down under, I'm just back from visiting a large Leica dealership. They report that the retail price in Australia will be AUD 6995. That's about USD 5300 which sounds about right. They've ordered 50 Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Didier Ludwig Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2006 19:09 To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] M8 hands-on news Found in the rangefinder forum, posted by the host himself: >A friend of mine in NY who has been in business since the begining >of time selling Leica and Zeiss just gave me a report on the M8. >He tells me it is an engineering wonder. Typical German quality throughout. >A little heaver than the M7 but looks very much like it. >He said it had mechanical frame lines from 24 - 90 >Very quiet almost silent shutter. >Viewfinder magnification of .68 >Shutter speed from 8 seconds to 1/4000 >Flash sync of 1/250 >He say we will probably sell them for $4500.00