Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just a few thoughts that have been vaguely nagging me. None of these is calculated to start a flame war - so please don't. I have a Halon extinguisher handy. Please change the subject line if you have an answer - and thanks for the help with my M3 - I am sending it in for CLA and love it. Questions presented: 1. If Leicas have a theoretically unlimited life, even if digital did not take over, would prices eventually come down on used gear anyway - - it would seem that with an unlimited number of M6s to be produced, there would be a glut. 2. If Ebay, LUG and other information-enhancing activities did not exist, would any of us keep lenses longer? Many things you see come up for sale on Fridays have been owned for 40 years. I think in the old days trade-ins were a wash, so people just kept stuff. 3. If an M3 had no framelines, would the field be equivalent to a 40mm lens? 4. Does a chrome M body with brass covers feel different from one with alloy covers? 5. Just what is Vulcanite and how do they apply it so evenly at the factory? Is it a liquid which is then embossed while on the parts?! 6. Is it really easier to load an M3 than an M4? Seems to be the case - I like the pullout spool better than the poke-your-finger thingie on the 4 and 6. 7. When you touch an LHSA or Millenium M6, can you tell by touch that the covers are CNC milled, or is that just a nasty thing someone said here? 8. Does anyone know why Leitz/Leica makes so many iterations of the same 35/50 shade when there is no identifiable functional difference? I seem to be accumulating these at a scary pace. Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dante Stella http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dante