Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Bill Rosauer wrote: > >I commisioned the black paint LHSA camera not just to be another > >commemorative camera, but a camera that can be used. <snip> > > D Khong wrote: > At about $3000 per piece, which is not shockingly more than a new M6, it > can qualify to be a user. <snip> If only that were $3000 *Singapore* dollars... Last I checked, that was nearly 2X the cost of a "classic" M6 with typical discounts. A can of Krylon, on the other hand, costs a few bucks. At the risk of being unfashionable, I don't mind having my gear look newish! Wish my IBM Thinkpad (or the Apples that preceded it) held up as well as my modern chrome-on-zinc M6.I'd guess that if the notebooks got hauled about as much as my M6, I'd be replacing them once or twice a year. Typical problem: Despite best of care, case develops cracks, clickers snap off, etc. The M6? A tiny shiny spot where some unknown object hit it, and some wear around the strap lugs, but you have to look closely. I knew a part-time pro who decided that his F3 prism had too many pecks in it, so he took sandpaper to it and removed almost all of the black! He got a kick out of having gear that looked trashed. The stuff he sold to me; another F3 outfit and a Pentax meter, looked only lightly used: He wasn't about to part with his laboriously created brassed beauty! Jeff PS: Forget about black paint: I want to see an M6 with a brilliant mirror-finish chrome!