I just picked up my new M7 today and noticed a small pinkish red "0" rubber stamped on the serial number cards in the box, and on the serial number label on the outside of the box.

Anyone know what this is? My other Leica equipment has nothing of the sort.

Can't wait to burn up some film in the morning...

-- Kevin Baker (kevin@thebakers.org), May 31, 2002

Answers

what is the serial # of a new M7? (U don't have to give the last 2-3 digits if U want)

can't help U with your original question....

cheers,

-- pat (modlabs@yahoo.com), May 31, 2002.

2779***

Black .72

-- Kevin Baker (kevin@thebakers.org), May 31, 2002.

The "O" is for obsolete, since the new M7 with improved viewfinder (no flair) will make its grand entrance at Photokina.

-- Charles (cbarcellona@telocity.com), May 31, 2002.

That's great news, since the M8 is coming out at Photokina I will have one of the lowest production M bodies ever made (3/02-9/02 total production time), surely the next MP.

I should be able to pay for a new car with my take from this project, but No!, I already peeled off the plastic on the baseplate...

-- Kevin Baker (kevin@thebakers.org), May 31, 2002.

I hate to be pedantic.... but the word is "flare"....not "flair".

-- john costo (mahler@lvcm.com), May 31, 2002.

Oh, I dunno, John!

A chrome DS M3 has no 'flare'. By comparison, the M7 has no 'flair'.

(sorry - couldn't resist!)

Rick Pinto at PhotoVillage reports that ALL Leica's packaging is changing to silver boxes 'sted white. Also no more plastic internal boxes for the camera bodies - true?

-- Andy Piper (apidens@denver.infi.net), June 01, 2002.

>Rick Pinto at PhotoVillage reports that ALL Leica's packaging is >changing to silver boxes 'sted white. Also no more plastic >internal boxes for the camera bodies - true?

ECH! I guess we won't see red boxes again until Leica starts shipping cameras with black paint as a standard option.

feli

-- feli (feli2@earthlink.net), June 01, 2002.

Surely it stands for "0verpriced".

-- rob (rob@robertappleby.com), June 01, 2002.

no no no !! they are using all the leftover boxes from the null ("0") series cameras that did not sell (which means they basically have the entire run to use up).

-- roger michel (michel@tcn.org), June 04, 2002.