Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just re-affirms who Leica sees as their "customer base"....... On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Jim Bauman wrote: > > >In its special "150 years of optics" series > > I have to hand it to Leica...they sure know how to generate > revenue! Take an M6, give it fancy engraving and non-endangered > naugahyde to commemorate ANY event, historical person, wedding, > year of the <your favorite animal>, completion of the > Wetzlar Zoo, or what have you, then quadruple the price and > voila. > > Personally, I'll wait a few years and pick one up that the > original owner has taken with him (or her) on safari, up the > Amazon, to the top of Everest (and hopefully back down again), > and possibly to the bridge of the Titanic, and is now bored and wants to > sell it. Hopefully it will have just the right amount of brassing > and other wear marks that say "I was used!!!!" > > Jim Bauman > > PS: Is it true that all Columbus M6s were shipped without shutters, > and no one knew until 1997? :-) > > >