Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] M8 upgrade confirmed via e-mail from Leica
From: chehl at comcast.net (Charles Hehl)
Date: Wed Jan 30 11:23:33 2008
References: <C3C4E5A7.F87A%heninger@adobe.com><64510FCD-D38A-467F-8384-5CFEA2C94110@elisanet.fi><p0623090cc3c6721da821@10.0.1.200> <4cfa589b0801301103m2a1d6634s5f7b0d0243f6f500@mail.gmail.com>

Well, I just got my email from Leica also and I for one am pleased they will 
be upgrading the M8 rather than just moving on to an M9.

Charles Hehl
Pottstown, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 upgrade confirmed via e-mail from Leica


> well that makes me grumpy. i wonder how long for the rest of unwashed
> will get the chance.
>
> I'm not sure I understood from that miserable web site just what was
> being upgraded and why.
>
> Adam
>
> On Jan 30, 2008 10:34 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
>> I just received the announcement from Leica about the M8 upgrades
>> that are coming. 'Upgrade certificates' may be ordered starting March
>> to reserve your place in the upgrade line-up, but the actual upgrades
>> won't be started until August. Upgrades are as per yesterday's
>> discussion.
>>
>> I assume that this confirms that there won't be an M9 at Photokina.
>>
>> Also, new firmware 1.201 will be available starting Friday. White
>> Balance is mentioned as being improved.
>>
>> --
>>     *            Henning J. Wulff
>>    /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
>>   /###\   mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com
>>   |[ ]|     http://www.archiphoto.com
>>
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In reply to: Message from heninger at adobe.com (Wade Heninger) ([Leica] Leica Announcement (?) - No M9 this year; M8 Upgrade)
Message from jarmo.o.korhonen at elisanet.fi (Jarmo Korhonen) ([Leica] Leica Announcement (?) - No M9 this year; M8 Upgrade)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] M8 upgrade confirmed via e-mail from Leica)