Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 survives forest fire and still works!!!
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:26:44 -0400

I noticed that the current bid ($102 I think) hadn't met the reserve price.
 Is that camera actually worth $100, even though parts of it appear to
work?  How much would it cost to replace the rangefinder, back, meter etc.?

Dan C.

At 05:32 PM 14-08-98, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I had a chance to take a look at this burnt M6 at Santa Clara camera show.
> Camera One was the owner.  It looked really burnt.
>
>Regards,
>David
>
>At 05:22 PM 8/14/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>Its been a slow day here.  I found something you all might be at least
>>amused by.  Look at this picture:
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=25493136
>>Wow!  The M6 is really tough.  Take a look at the picture of this one that
>>is currently for sale (NOT by me) on eBay.  It is half melted but the
>>shutter and framelines still work!   Amazing!    -Mark Walberg
>>
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