Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Problems with Leica M6 0.85 rangefinder: flare
From: "Stephen Holloway" <hollowst@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:13:22 +0100

>From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com>
>
> > Alternatively, get an M3! You can buy 2 perfectly functioning M3s for 
>the
> > price of an M6 and have enough money left to buy a fancy
> > lightmeter (and a  couple of rapidload kits).
>
>True?  The M3's I see listed all go for $1k or more, while I can get a new
>M6 TTL for $1700.
>

My late-model DS with a few dings and meter marks cost just under $700 
dollars (in a Swiss camera shop). I just checked completed auctions on ebay 
and there were quite a few at around that price. My rapidload kit was $80.

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Stephen Holloway

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