When the hell is this camera going to ship? Nobody seems to have any firm idea - not a good representation for Leica.
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You are very right. It is not good for Leica brand...Either Leica doesn't care about its customers or there must be something wrong with its development/manufacturing...
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Ok we are almost in march and nothing about shipping dates! I read that the dealay was due to a firmware fix to solve auto-focus issues (Too slow!). I was thinking in buy a Nikon d5000 with the wide-angle DX format 35mm f1.8 and save a $1000.00 dollars. I think with this solution I can have the same image quality in a much bigger, but cheapper, gear. And is in Stock! Not a good representation for Leica. I am changing my mind about this brand.
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Wait for the sigma's that were just announced at PMA... they look like they fit the bill - fixing previous issues.. google dp2s. As far as the X1 - I cancelled. I'd rather have a 7d for less money honestly. Leica killed my desire with all the flipping delays.
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The changed plants from what I can gather, which put a kink in getting out x1, m9 and s2's. Some European people are getting orders (trickling) - I'd guess amazon will be able to begin shipping at the end of feb beginning of march. I called Leica USA and they said 6 weeks - that was about a week ago. They also suggested there would be no benefit in canceling with amazon and buying from a local shop. "Amazon are as likely to get them as anyone else" which begs the question though - how many preorders does amazon have on this thing?
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looks like this bad boy is already in consumers hands overseas. I pre-ordered mine... I really would like to see the delivery date move closer, i am paying for overnight shipping to make sure I have it for a memorial weekend trip!!! come on Kodak... come on amazon!!! i really want this new gadget!Many of the sites now list the release date as May 11th... actually ship by may 11th... I hope that Amazon gets 'em out fast.
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It is so frustrating that these camera companies (all of them) can't be more specific about their product availability date other than a hazy sometime in the Spring 2009 or March 2009. Surely, by now, they know the exact date. Is the camera ready or isn't it? If I want to take the camera somewhere by a specific date, I need to know will I have it or not and I don't want some package sitting on my doorstep for a week or two if they can't make that date. It makes me think their product isn't any good and they're waiting for the other guy to show his first.
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Enjoy the show. I hope your camera arrives in time. I'm tracking mine and found it was shipped this morning via UPS. Now that it is on the way I am so glad I decided not to wait any longer for Amazon to get in stock!
853292
Far east ( Malaysia)... Never worked as advertised I bought a Leica instead works like a charm .
194910
Bob, did you ever find out? I just ordered the camera and want to know the same thing! Thanks for any help.
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I may be a Johnny-come-lately. Just placed my 'pre-order' on Friday. I'm hoping I get it soon! I'm leaving next Tuesday for a conference in Miami, and I'm really needing this camera!
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Thanks, T. And just like that, Beach is out of stock... I am going to hold out until next month to see what Canon has up its sleeve.
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The Leica has slightly different built-in raw->JPEG processing. It comes with a larger (but still useless) memory card in the box, and has phone support from Leica instead of Panasonic. And as Robert points out, it has Photoshop in the box instead of SilkyPix. None of these were important to me, but they might be to you.
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When you call customer service to order one at Sony, they aren't honest about what is going on. They try saying it is "just such a popular best selling item that it has already sold out" which makes no sense because it's not available online yet even and there are no existing reviews out there from apparently all these people who possess the camera already. So I held off on ordering right now and I'd prefer to order it through Amazon anyway.
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Dear M Yamamoto, sorry to disturb you again, but your opinion is precious.In the above situation, please where do you locate Sony Nex 7 and where is Leica in all this and vs Panasonic?Deep thanks
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Honestly, I'm starting to wonder that myself. I ordered this laptop on the 19th of OCTOBER with one day shipping. and the day it was meant to arrive I receive an email about a delay. To this day I've not received a new estimated ship date and have had no luck contacting them. Instead I get daily emails about "similar" products with half the features as this one. At this point I'm a few days away from suing for false advertisement. Never buying from 'beachcamera' again.
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I too have been waiting over a month with no end in sight. I have missed most of the summer and am getting very annoyed with Amazon's system. I am now wordering if Nikon is coming out with a new model (D60) as they are doing with the D80? Since the summer is almost gone I will wait a little longer for the camera but will think very hard about purchasing expensive items from them in the future without a firm shipping date.
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It does not say leica, so it probably is not. It is an excellent lens though.
1026443
I too have wanted to buy a T2i for a while, ever since I noticed the announcement in February. Then, it was seemingly always out of stock at Amazon. Perhaps I haven't waited long enough, or maybe it just wasn't meant to be. Although I have bought 5 Canon cameras over the years, and I considered myself a Canon loyalist, I am beginning to wonder if maybe I should buy a Nikon as my first digital SLR.
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I spoke with a local photography shop today, and they said the ship date was 5/1, which mean that they would have in stock a few days later. I also called Adorama and spoke with a sales representative who quoted me the 5/1 date. So all of the press has said April availability, but that doesn't seem to be the case in the US. I'm going to call B&H; tomorrow, just to be sure, but otherwise it looks like we will all be sitting back and waiting another month.
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Seems the Kodak site has changed, it now says "Available in May", so the May 15 release date is looking likely. Too late for me, I guess I'll have to look for a different option. :-(