How much cost Leica M8?

[Salah]

Hi folks,

There is a seller wants to sell his rarely used Leica M8. He said he took less than 2000 photos with it. So the camera is somehow like new. He is asking $960 since no one is interested to buy it from him in Saudi Arabia.

I want to use the camera with Leica 35mm f/1.4 for travel photography. Currently, I use the lens on my Sony A7R.

What do you think guys? How can I check it? How do I know if the camera owned by him?

 

[Zephir 750]

Hi folks,

There is a seller wants to sell his rarely used Leica M8. He said he took less than 2000 photos with it. So the camera is somehow like new. He is asking $960 since no one is interested to buy it from him in Saudi Arabia.

I want to use the camera with Leica 35mm f/1.4 for travel photography. Currently, I use the lens on my Sony A7R.

What do you think guys? How can I check it? How do I know if the camera owned by him?

The price is right. Are you in a position to take a look at the camera and run some tests?

 

[meagre offerings]

Hi folks,

There is a seller wants to sell his rarely used Leica M8. He said he took less than 2000 photos with it. So the camera is somehow like new. He is asking $960 since no one is interested to buy it from him in Saudi Arabia.

I want to use the camera with Leica 35mm f/1.4 for travel photography. Currently, I use the lens on my Sony A7R.

What do you think guys? How can I check it? How do I know if the camera owned by him?

The price is right. Are you in a position to take a look at the camera and run some tests?

the camera sounds a steal at that price, get it while you can.

very best

pc

 

[Schroedingers_cat]

What do you think guys?

Smoking price if it were legit.

How can I check it?

If you can't handle it you can't check it. You can view the number of actuations by this method http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/41416035 I guess he could photograph the rear screen after you explain to him how to bring up the service menu and display the number of actuations.

How do I know if the camera owned by him?

Unless he has a sales receipt with his name on it I can't think of any way.

You state nobody wants to buy it from him in Saudi Arabia, but your profile says you live there. Where's the camera? How did you come to know this guy?

Since you're asking questions here I assume he's a relative stranger. I think I'd pass.

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This symptom is especially serious in that an individual displaying it never thinks of it as a sign of ill health but as proof of his/her strength. ...Friday, it is too late to save this culture--this worldwide culture... Therefore we must now prepare the monasteries for the coming Dark Age. Electronic records are too fragile..."
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[Zephir 750]

What do you think guys?

Smoking price if it were legit.

How can I check it?

If you can't handle it you can't check it. You can view the number of actuations by this method http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/41416035 I guess he could photograph the rear screen after you explain to him how to bring up the service menu and display the number of actuations.

How do I know if the camera owned by him?

Unless he has a sales receipt with his name on it I can't think of any way.

You state nobody wants to buy it from him in Saudi Arabia, but your profile says you live there. Where's the camera? How did you come to know this guy?

Since you're asking questions here I assume he's a relative stranger. I think I'd pass.

--

http://www.nightstreets.com
-
"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named...but a dying culture invariable exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners is more significant than a riot."
This symptom is especially serious in that an individual displaying it never thinks of it as a sign of ill health but as proof of his/her strength. ...Friday, it is too late to save this culture--this worldwide culture... Therefore we must now prepare the monasteries for the coming Dark Age. Electronic records are too fragile..."
--Robert A. Heinlein in "Friday"

The OP is vanished !!??:-O

 

[Salah]

What do you think guys?

Smoking price if it were legit.

How can I check it?

If you can't handle it you can't check it. You can view the number of actuations by this method http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/41416035 I guess he could photograph the rear screen after you explain to him how to bring up the service menu and display the number of actuations.

How do I know if the camera owned by him?

Unless he has a sales receipt with his name on it I can't think of any way.

You state nobody wants to buy it from him in Saudi Arabia, but your profile says you live there. Where's the camera? How did you come to know this guy?

Since you're asking questions here I assume he's a relative stranger. I think I'd pass.

--

http://www.nightstreets.com
-
"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named...but a dying culture invariable exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners is more significant than a riot."
This symptom is especially serious in that an individual displaying it never thinks of it as a sign of ill health but as proof of his/her strength. ...Friday, it is too late to save this culture--this worldwide culture... Therefore we must now prepare the monasteries for the coming Dark Age. Electronic records are too fragile..."
--Robert A. Heinlein in "Friday"

The OP is vanished !!??:-O

LOL.. I passed the deal since the M8 doesn't have full frame sensor

 

[user_name]

I'd move with caution. One in that condition should easily fetch twice that price.

 

[COYQ]

LOL.. I passed the deal since the M8 doesn't have full frame sensor

And you honestly didn't know that before considering one?!

 

[Salah]

LOL.. I passed the deal since the M8 doesn't have full frame sensor

And you honestly didn't know that before considering one?!

I am not a Leica fanboy! I used to use Canon equipments only. Then, shift to Sony brand. I thought M8 is similar to M9.

 

[COYQ]

LOL.. I passed the deal since the M8 doesn't have full frame sensor

And you honestly didn't know that before considering one?!

I am not a Leica fanboy! I used to use Canon equipments only. Then, shift to Sony brand. I thought M8 is similar to M9.

That's not 'fanboy' level info - you should know what you're (thinking of) buying. This site has all the info on hand http://www.dpreview.com/products/leica/slrs/leica_m8