Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > I have two M6s and I'm afraid to use either of them! > > Am I crazy? > As an investment, Leica cameras as as good as gold, which is to say, terrible! You'd do better with a decent mutual fund. It's far more fun to make $2400++ photographs! I don't know what Leica enthusiast (whether an owner or not) demographics are, but I'd hope it included a fair number of younger folks, else I'd expect we'd see resale values, particularly of older gear, decline, as has been the case in other collectables markets such as older Lionel trains and, I hear, pre-60s automobiles (there's a good article in a recent issue of Fast Company, Wall St. Journal or some such) Jeff