Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Money maker?!. They have the stuff in stock right now and it is not moving. You can buy vulcanite from Leica but... :-) ....it is applied by heat to the camera shell so they can only sell complete replacement shells. My user M2 was starting to get a little too user even for me, so, I enquired of Leica as to the cost of re-shelling. The shell alone is $600C and there is a chunk of labour on top of that. Contrast that with $100C for a replacement M6 type cover INSTALLED and the fact that the M6 stuff is more durable. You do the math. John Collier > From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net> > > If they have reproduced the Leica O, ask them why they can not reproduce > vulcanite. It would be a money maker for Leica. There are a lot of Ms > out there that need to be recovered. Mine do not need it but it would be > nice to now the material was there, if ever needed. >