Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:37:14 -0400 >From: "sam" <salex@idt.net> >Subject: [Leica] LHSA black paint cameras >Message-ID: <200005161637.MAA14335@mail-relay2.idt.net> >References: > >I received my LHSA black paint M6 and all I can say is WOW! What an >outstanding job. Thanks Bill Rosauer and everyone at LHSA for their long and >hard work making this happen. If you're waiting to order one, don't >hesitate. > >I'm sure we'll be seeing one or more on ebay soon. . .but it won't be mine! >This is a keeper and a USER - without any electrical tape. How many rolls >does it take to "brass" a new black paint Leica? I'll let you know. Sam, did you get the .72 or the .85? There has already been one sold on ebay, went for $2700: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330155026 And there is another one that went up for auction today (same seller as the first:) http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=334085978 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My LHSA M6 arrived today and it is absolutely beautiful! Great job by Bill Roseauer and the rest of the LHSA people in bringing us a truly unique and beautiful camera. Haven't decided what to do with it yet; -use it or put it away. Looking at the LHSA M6 and the M6 Millenium Edition side by side they are both gorgeous. Different, yes. My chrome M6 looks very ordinary next to either one of them. There have been a couple of Millenium M6s sell on eBay in the past week or so in the $3,500 - $3,700 range which is amazing. More amazing is that someone would pay a couple of hundred over the current price for an LHSA M6. Buried in the documentation that came with the LHSA M6 was a small questionnaire stating that if there was sufficient interest, Leica would be making black paint versions of the 35/2.0 Summicron ASPH and the 50/1.4 Summilux. We will probably be hearing more about this in the near future. Also included was a $100 coupon that may be applied against the purchase of a camera body or lens. Jim Licquia