Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 14:11 02/10/98 +0000, John wrote : >This discussion reminds me of how I felt about the "Panda" M6 back in the early 1990's. As many of you know, this chrome M6 had black dials and other black features. Personally, I thought this was the ugliest Leica I had ever seen and many others agreed. Of course, Pandas are now worth more than black or chrome M6's .... so, given the response to this new ugly duckling TTL M6 with the odd, backwards dial and the less then useful TTL, the thing should be worth A MINT! Buy em now! The worse the better ;-) > >John McLeod ########### I have a Panda ; bought in june NIB with the 2-years international warranty at a tax free discount price of 7990 FRF (1330 USD)!The camera was on the shelf since 8 years !!I was afraid of the accuracy of the shutter and of the cell. After a check, no drift from the nominal values as for my brave old black M6. Why that discount ? The vendors were aware of the rumor of a new M7. They believed that their "ugly M6" (the poor guys did not know the Panda) would become unsaleable. Now I like PreKina rumors. PS : A Panda has been recently sold 1675 USD on the Ebay. Great!). Dominique Pellissier