Wow, white Leica M8

FM Forums \| Alternative Gear & Lenses \| Join Upload & Sell	Search Used
1 2 3 end

Archive 2009 · Wow, white Leica M8

Edward Castro
Offline
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #1 · Wow, white Leica M8

This little white Leica seems to cost just as much as gold.

Apr 23, 2009 at 03:02 PM

Lotusm50
Offline
Dedicated FM
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #2 · Wow, white Leica M8

Edward Castro wrote:
This little white Leica seems to cost just as much as gold.

You mean that those gold Contax, Pentax and Hassy cameras actually provide value for money? Relatively speaking, of course.

Never knew paint was so expensive. I can upgrade the paint on a new car for a lot less.

Apr 23, 2009 at 03:18 PM

SoundHound
Online
Dedicated FM
Upload & Sell: On

p.3 #3 · Wow, white Leica M8

We had a saying in the old hot rod car culture "If it doesn't go chrome it."

Apr 23, 2009 at 07:05 PM

Lotusm50
Offline
Dedicated FM
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #4 · Wow, white Leica M8

Pentax doesn't charge extra for their white paint. The following is only $679:

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Apr 24, 2009 at 01:17 AM

lepp
Offline
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #5 · Wow, white Leica M8

Actually, Pentax does charge extra for that white K-m, black K-m being 50-80 euros cheaper...

Apr 27, 2009 at 03:30 PM

bugaglo
Offline
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #6 · Wow, white Leica M8

brainiac wrote:
I think it's cool that Leica, or any other company does eccentric limited edition products. For many people, collecting these things is fun. I always hankered after the gold Contax RTS just because it would be quite funny to turn up to work wielding such hideous bling. But what Leica should really do is a limited edition M8 with an up-to-date full-frame IR-filtered sensor, great high iso performance, professional ergonomics, and auto-focus. That would get my attention.

!!!

Jul 05, 2009 at 07:15 PM

mawz
Offline
Dedicated FM
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #7 · Wow, white Leica M8

lepp wrote:
Actually, Pentax does charge extra for that white K-m, black K-m being 50-80 euros cheaper...

MSRP is the same, but the white kit rarely gets the discount you see on the standard retail package. Not an uncommon occurrence for a limited edition package.

Jul 05, 2009 at 09:37 PM

eosslr
Offline
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #8 · Wow, white Leica M8

i don't understand why such a bruhaha about a white painted camera. every camera manufacturer produced or is still producing limited and not-so-limited cameras in different colors. red panasonic g1 anyone? german companies i think started all that though, with the limited golden, silver and who knows what other color cameras. over time i had golden contax, silver contax, silver rollei and golden leica cameras and lenses. btw, from financial perspective, slapping different paint on a camera and then selling it as limited edition to some crazy rich guy or a collector for 2x price totally makes sense.

now, whether leica would have been better off investing in new tech to update m8 is a different story. but we're talking about a german company entrenched in tradition with the independently wealthy owner - bad mix imo...

Jul 05, 2009 at 11:19 PM

Lotusm50
Offline
Dedicated FM
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #9 · Wow, white Leica M8

It not so much about painting the camera white, as it is charging a few extra thousand dollars for it. Beyond that, it just reinforces the idea (whether true or not) that Leica just make toys for the rich rather than serious photographic tools.

Jul 06, 2009 at 01:53 PM

Jorgen Udvang
Offline
Upload & Sell: Off

p.3 #10 · Wow, white Leica M8

The Japanese camera manufacturers are doing things like this all the time, but most of the "Limited" models are only available in Japan. The "Titanium color-accented" Pentax K20D, which was made in only 1,000 copies, is currently almost twice as expensive as a normal K20D.

A few years back, there was the Nikon S3 2000. There's a Year 2000 Limited edition set for sale on eBay for $6,600. I think a white M8 would be a healthier investment

And so on...

Jul 06, 2009 at 06:48 PM


FM Forums \| Alternative Gear & Lenses \| Join Upload & Sell 1 2 3 end