Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dottore: This message is worth the many hours I spend every week wading through hundreds of more or less informative messages. BD, as usual, you have injected a nearly toxic dose of reality vaccine into the veins of all Leica photoneurotics. regards, Andrew Jordan > > > Dr. Blacktape Wants To Make Sure He Understands This Properly... > > A group of otherwise sane, rational individuals is going to pay > approximate > $2200 EXTRA for an M6TTL because it is painted black and has a brass top > plate under the paint - oh, and it has something "special" > engraved in said > top plate? And it will enable its owners to take better pictures? > > And it's a "collectible," which means that if it's ever used, and > therefore > picks up scratches or rub marks in said black paint - which is > what happens > to painted cameras - it no longer has any real value as a collectible? > > Why not collect Elvis plates from the Franklin Mint, and USE > Leicas to take > photos? > > > > >