Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Is M6 really any better than M3?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:44:11 -0400

At 05:05 PM 8/13/98 -0500, Paul wrote:
>
>There are some bits for the M3 that are getting scarce, such as rangefinder 
>prisms.  This limits their ultimate useful life.

Well, yes and no.  If they simply have come unglued, the most common error,
they can be reglued.  But the basic point remains, that M3 parts are drying
up.  However, the mechanical nature of the beast means that parts can
almost always be fabricated even when NOS stocks are gone, though the price
of repairs will escalate dramatically.

Marc


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