[Leica] M8's in Hong Kong

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

On 19 Nov 2006, at 11:07 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> Message: 20
> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:34:01 +1100
> From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
>
> And to you and Esther, have you got an M8 yet ;-)
>

Hi Alastair,
Bryan Caldwell (who is visiting from California) and I visited Mr.  
Chin at New Cameron Photo on Friday and asked about the availability  
of the M 8. Mr. Chin had sold 3 pieces to Chinese customers for HK 
$38,000 (US$4,885) - two of which had been returned - and Mr. Chin  
suggested I wait until the issues about the M8 are resolved and the  
Hong Kong price stabilizes. He couldn't give an exact price but  
didn't deny my guesstimate of HK$33,000 (US$4,242) as being near what  
the M8 will sell for in Hong Kong when available in quantities. So, I  
will wait for awhile. Talking about the M8 magenta issue Bryan and I  
went through all 340 pictures that I have shot with the two M8's that  
I have been able to use in Vancouver and Wetzlar and we found two  
pictures where black had a brownish red cast. I had not noticed it  
before because, of course, I wasn't looking for it.
Cheers
Howard (in Hong Kong - where the weather is turning cooler and would  
be perfect except for the air pollution) :-(