Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/13

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Subject: Re: IIIG
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 18:23:25 -0400

At 08:43 PM 5/13/97 GMT, tmwyse@centuryinter.net wrote:
>Can someone tell me what it is about the IIIG that
>makes the price so much higher than other III series
>cameras?

The IIIg was announced to be the end of the breed almost immediately after
its introduction.  Hence, a LOT of folks bought these as collectibles from
the start, and it has kept this cachet.

In fact, the IIIg is probably the FIRST Leica collectible.

Marc


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