Leica Price Increase April 1, 2021

logan2z · Mar 16, 2021

No, it's not an April Fool's joke, prices are going up next month. Film cameras are going up just $100, many lenses are going up by about the same amount. Digital cameras are getting a sizeable hit ($500-$700). Glad I'm an analog shooter

Details here:

https://www.reddotforum.com/content/2021/03/leica-price-increase-coming-april-1-2021

Pieter12 · Mar 16, 2021

My heart goes out to anyone buying a brand-new Leica today. I feel your pain.

Sirius Glass · Mar 16, 2021

[gloat] That makes owning Hasselblads and lenses even more enjoying. Like the Leica lenses, the Hasselblad lenses are made by Zeiss, but even larger. [/gloat]

chriscrawfordphoto · Mar 16, 2021

Sirius Glass said:
[gloat] That makes owning Hasselblads and lenses even more enjoying. Like the Leica lenses, the Hasselblad lenses are made by Zeiss, but even larger. [/gloat]

Leica lenses are NOT made by Zeiss. Leica makes its own lenses. There are Zeiss lenses made in Leica M-Mount, but they're actually made in Japan by Cosina and sold under Zeiss's name, not Leica's.

film_man · Mar 17, 2021

chriscrawfordphoto said:
Leica lenses are NOT made by Zeiss. Leica makes its own lenses. There are Zeiss lenses made in Leica M-Mount, but they're actually made in Japan by Cosina and sold under Zeiss's name, not Leica's.

Do not feed the Hassletroll.

Saganich · Mar 17, 2021

Oh damn I was going to get a new M10 Monochrome, but that extra $700 is a deal-breaker.

ChristopherCoy · Mar 17, 2021

Pieter12 said:
My heart goes out to anyone buying a brand-new Leica today. I feel your pain.

Mine doesn't.

warden · Mar 17, 2021

At prices like these you can buy 'em by the dozen for your easter baskets.

Pieter12 · Mar 17, 2021

jawarden said:
At prices like these you can buy 'em by the dozen for your easter baskets.

I'm going to your place for Easter.

warden · Mar 17, 2021

Pieter12 said:
I'm going to your place for Easter.

In the introduction to one of Kurt Vonnegut's books (can't remember which) he told the story of an acquaintance whose first advertising gig was selling cheap straw hats. Her pitch: "At prices like this, you can run them through your horse and put them on your roses."

Huss · Mar 17, 2021

I am very happy to hear this as it makes the Leica lenses I already own worth more.

Keep raising your prices Leica!

Leica Price Increase April 1, 2021

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