Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:37 AM 6/5/96 -0700, you wrote: >The published numbers appear to have stopped with 1,932,000, Hans, which was >a 1992 body. Others here have said that Leica GMBH decided, then, to no >longer make the serial numbers, with their year of manufacture, available to >the public, and that apparently includes authors. > >I would like to hear their rationale for the decision. What is the perceived >problem with that information in the hands of users and collectors? > -- > Roger Beamon, Natural History Interpreter & Photographer > Docent: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum > INTERNET: beamon@primenet.com > > It seems obvious: If I were buying a new M6 and found out that the one I'm about to get had been at the dealer for the last four years, I might request a different, more recent one. I know there is no "Best if used before" date on leicas, but still . . . If you have the choice between the two, which one would you pick? Kamal Malek