[Leica] Zeiss Ikon

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

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From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Daniel Ridings
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 8:56 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon


Why bother with the bodies? It's the lenses that caught my attention. I
hope _they_ get sold at a bargain compared to Leica. I doubt it though.
They're probably better.

Daniel

On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, B. D. Colen wrote:

> One thing to keep in mind about the Zeiss, guys - assuming that it's a

> really well built, solid body: If you can buy a new Zeiss with a good 
> warranty for what you can buy a used M6 for, why would you be buying 
> an M6 with a slower flash sync, slower top shutter speed, bottom 
> loading, and lower viewfinder magnification - other than to buy a red 
> dot. And all of that is assuming that the Zeiss is a high quality 
> body. I'd suggest that we may not only be at the end of the age of 
> film, but if this camera is as good as promised, we may also be at the

> end of the age in which one automatically goes for the Leica M 
> assuming it to be superior to everything else.
>
> But who knows, it may turn out that it is still superior. :-)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of Dan C
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 5:43 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon
>
>
> Nathan....I also have one of those "rare" non-TTL bodies.  I stopped 
> using it and reverted back to my older .72 model, hoping that maybe I 
> could make
> a killing on eBay.   But last week one in perfect condition sold for
> only
> $1200; so much for my dream.   But this is what prompted me to start
> this
> thread.
>
> My local dealer here in Montreal told me that he can't get $1500 CDN 
> for a used regular M6.  But unless that Zeiss Ikon turns out to be 
> some kind of miracle camera (and a bigger viewfinder alone won't do it

> for me) and I wanted a rangefinder, that used M6 is sure tempting.
>
> By the way, I actually prefer the .72 model, and hindsight tells me 
> that I was slightly crazy when I bought the .85 model.
>
> -dan c.
>
> At 11:26 PM 02-10-04 +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> >My 0.85 viewfinder on the M6 is the best of them all. That is the 
> >only Leica rangefinder body I have kept following my digital 
> >epiphany. And
> to
> >make it even better, it is one of the "rare" non-TTL versions of the 
> >M6HM. Not that I care, I have already deflowered it from a 
> >collector's point of view by using it extensively since buying it a 
> >couple of years
> ago.
> >
> >Nathan
> >
>
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