Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/05

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Subject: [Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009]
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:41:34 +1000
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Wow! if so they can fairly claim their market success. If sustained that
production rate would double the annual M body sales from M6 onwards (quoted
by Stefan Daniel).
I can tell you that no-one on this continent has one for sale. The expected
next two shipments are spoken for more than 3 times over.
You don't even want to know about the distributor's back ordered stock.

2009/10/6 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>

> According to my information,
>
> 2000 (possibly a few more) were available for sale and as demos in the
> first lot distributed on 090909.
>
> Future production is estimated at a max of around 500 per week. (they are
> after all only a small company)
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>
>> Vick, world wide demand far exceeds supply, so I guess that qualifies it
>> as
>> a success so far?
>> I don't know how many have made it into LUG members hands though. Steve is
>> the only person I'm aware of here that has one currently.
>> I do know several other users that are reporting theat they are very
>> pleased
>> with their new cameras
>> 2009/10/6 Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca>
>>
>>
>>
>>> "....The new Leica M9 is proving to be a tremendous success in the
>>> market.
>>> ...."
>>>
>>> Are there enough Lugger's shooting M9's to validate the above assertion?
>>>
>>> Vick
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------Subject:     Leica Newsletter -- 05
>>> October 2009
>>> Date:     Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:25:04 +0200
>>> From:     newsletter at newsletter.leica-camera.com
>>> Reply-To:     newsletter at newsletter.leica-camera.com
>>> To:     <vick.ko at sympatico.ca>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Leica       Dear Friend of Leica,
>>>
>>> The new Leica M9 is proving to be a tremendous success in the market. We
>>> are working very hard to satisfy the exceptional demand it has generated.
>>> This newsletter gives you updated information about this exciting new
>>> product, the Leica M9.
>>> Subjects
>>>
>>> 09/09/09 Conference Webcast available online
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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-- 
Cheers
Geoff
The new LEICA M9
Passion for perfect pictures.
http://www.m.leica-camera.com

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Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009])
In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009])
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009])
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] [Fwd: Leica Newsletter -- 05 October 2009])