What is the street date of the M7?

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What is the street date of the M7? Ie. when will the U.S. dealers have it in stock?

-- Tristan (tt@tristan.net), February 24, 2002

Answers

Sometime in May.

-- Chuck Albertson (chucko@siteconnect.com), February 24, 2002.

Not quite an answer to your question, but maybe an indicator of what to expect: The Danish Leica distributor (www.leica-camera.dk) says that they will deliver the M7 in March. The list price is 16% higher than the M6ttl. According to their pricelist only the M7 0.72 will be available in a choice of black or chrome. 0.58 and 0.85 are only listed as black.

-- Niels H. S. Nielsen (nhsn@ruc.dk), February 25, 2002.

Can't speak for US dealers but here in the UK our dealers already have a display case installed and generally seem to be giving a date of March 2nd for the actual camera to be available.

-- David Seaman (Lincolnshire,England) (david@leicam.freeserve.co.uk), February 25, 2002.

My local Austin, Texas dealer called from the show and said that he would have inventory of M7's in one to two weeks. At the outside. He indicated that Leica has been producing and stockpiling the cameras so as not to repeat the "vaporware" disappointments of past product annoucements! They are already shipping in Europe. As of yesterday (source: French customer of FNAC).

-- kirk tuck (kirktuck@kirktuck.com), February 25, 2002.

It is generally available from various authorized dealer for $2,350 (taking orders that is) Availability mid-March.

-- Patrick (svenburg@yahoo.com), February 25, 2002.


Ken Hansen will be selling the M7 in his New York store in two weeks. The telephone number is 212 3170923.

-- Albert Knapp MD (albertknappmd@mac.com), February 25, 2002.

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