Re: [Leica] Leica prices

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>]

One of my many regrets in life is passing up the opportunity to buy a brand
spanking new M4 with 50 Summilux, for about $600 Canadian.  Of course this
was back in 1969, and 600 bucks was worth a lot back then, but I DID end up
buying a Minolta SRT-101 with 58/1.2 for about $300.  If I had just been
able to get my father to lend me the extra $300......

By the way, the problems start when you already have 2 M6s, and then some
wise guy on the LUG starts talking about a new black paint LHSA for only
$2795...  ;-)))

Dan C.

At 09:20 AM 02-03-00 +0000, Mike Johnston wrote:
[smip]

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>I could have bought an M3 when I was in Photography School for
>$400-$600. Its value would have even kept up with inflation since then.
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>If you look at it that way, the "cost" of using Leica M gear is really
>pretty absurdly low. It would be very cheap right now for newcomers to
>try an M6, for instance. You can get users for $1300-$1500 and they're
>just not going to lose very much value--they may even gain value. A
>$1400 used M6 bought today is certainly not going to be worth $450 in
>three or four years, which might be the case with a new Wunderplastik AF
>35mm. "Try an M6 for a year for free"--sounds like an ad campaign.
>
>The only way it costs a lot is if you keep it, but by that time it's
>painless, because you've already parted with the money--and you've
>already decided it's worth it to you to keep.
>
>--Mike
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