Re: [Leica] M6 - mark on rewind lever

["Sonny Carter" <cartersn@alpha.nsula.edu>]

Denis, I assure you, I wasn't trying to feel superior; neither was I making
facetious comments when I spoke of the mark on your camera  freeing you from
having to worry about it so much.

I don't beat up my ten year old M6, but you can see the wear in the areas
where my bare hands have held it as I've shot pictures with this fine tool.

My father was a mechanic all his life, and one of my favorite tools of his
is a wrench. The handle is worn smooth from use in his hands.

No one is critical if you want to keep your camera nice.  I  for one have
replaced the rewind knob twice already in ten years, because it likes to get
dinged, and I don't like the look of dinged cameras.  Oh yeah, my third one
already has that little mark.

Cheers,

SonC



- ----- Original Message -----
From: Denis Boisclair <denis@boisclair.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 8:08 AM
Subject: [Leica] M6 - mark on rewind lever


> Tristan -
>
> My question was "Is this something which other members have experienced -
> and if not - I wonder why not!!!"
>
> Thanks to you for being the only member to reply to the question - the
> others
> were too busy  comments - never mind, I expect it helped to
> satisfy their need to feel  superior(:>) !
>
> If , as it seems, this particular 'sign of use' is impossible to avoid, I
> wonder how any M6 can be described as 'mint'. The reason why I am so
> interested is that I wish to sell the camera - a time when war scars are
> *not* an asset!
>
> Denis
> (Northwich,England)
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>
>
> <From:    Tristan Tom <Tristan@TristanTom.COM> To:
> <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent:     28 <March 2001 23:21
Subject:
> [Leica] re-mark on rewind lever
> <i noticed this too but don't worry about it. it just means that you
> actually use your leica. you're not a real <leicatographer unless your
leica
> exhibits some war scars.
> <as for me, my rewind lever was marked up like that during the first week
i
> had it because i tend to try to rewind >and reload quickly in the heat of
> the moment...
> >-tristan
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