Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Marc, Thanks for the info. Now can someone explain why the 6000 is so cheap ? Regards, Akhil >>I have never liked it and wonder how many have been sold. > >And why is a simple 2.8 GX more expensive than a 6000 outfit ? > > > > Production of the 2.8GX ended in 1996 when the shutter supply ran out -- no > one will still supply a size 0 shutter in small quanitities. Approximately > 15,800 were built, all but the last 1,000 or so with Compur shutters; the > last batch had Seiko shutters. > > There are still some in stock and the supply is not expected to be > exhausted until 2000. <sigh> Yet another Y2K horror. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!