Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 30/8/00 2:42 pm, Ted Grant at tedgrant@home.com wrote: > But I inadvertently popped it against the other 2 M4's I had hung around > my neck while running and the "Midland made" never saw the inside of a > Leica box ever again! :-) Big deal, as I'm a user not an investment > broker. ;-) However, I understand today it would be worth many a > "Canadian Loonie!" For those not familiar with Canadian currency the > "LOONIE" is a one dollar value coin named after the Canadian bird, the > Loon! > > Some how, maybe it was me that should have been called a "loonie!" ;-) I just sold my cosmetically very nice M2 for exactly this reason! Every time I went out with it I was scared to death of scratching it. I traded it for a mechanically *perfect* M4-2 which is around Exc+ I guess and was a few hundred loonies less. I'm very happy... both my cameras now load the same way and they match, too. - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com