Re: [Leica]Leica for Fujica?

["Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>]

David, this is a bit off subject but my wife's cousin lives on Whidbey
Island.  His name is Harvey Neumann.  Would you know him?

I agree with your comment about using cameras.  In the late '70's I had a
chance to buy a 50th Annaversary M4 with a 35mm Summicron.  I didn't buy it
because I was afraid to use it.  I'm still kicking myself for that decision
because I've been waiting for all these years for another M camera with that
viewfinder and that quality.

Bud Cook
Rochester, MN
- -----Original Message-----
From: David Medley <dmedley@whidbey.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sunday, December 28, 1997 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica]Leica for Fujica?


>A question for all .......
>
>Other than the fact that both Michael and I ended up having private mail go
>out to everyone, which is probably my fault because I am new to this whole
>thing .....( electronic mail  )
>
>I have a Leica M-4 that I am going to sell. Michael was looking for a
>"user" M, and I considered mine a "user". It has some wear marks, one very
>small ding on the top but is otherwise pretty clean, recently serviced and
>ready to go for another thirty years. Michael thinks it is a bit high in
>price and he may be right. The question is, how do I tell what is fair for
>me and a potential buyer. I picked a  price after looking at several ads.
>The M-4's appear to be holding a steady price and are higher than I would
>normally have thought. I have had this camera for almost thirty years and
>the idea of collecting cameras and not using them is like having books and
>not reading or access to music and not listening - it does not make sense.
>After reading Michael's note I picked up a Shutterbug and looked at the
>ads. I did not find a lot of information about the rating systems used but
>after looking I would say that this particular M-4 should be E+ to E++. To
>me it is a user, and anything else has not been out of the box for the past
>thirty years.
>
>Does anyone out there care to comment ..........?
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>David Medley
>Whidbey Is. WA
>USA
>
>