Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:16 PM 11/14/2001, you wrote: >Stanislaw B.A. Stawowy wrote: > >..but I won't be connectable Fri till Sat ;-) > > > > > >This is somewhat a hopeless question. But let's begin: > >I am looking for M-abled body. As I have a mere 250$ > >or about it, I am looking for _really_ ugly one. With no covering, > >hand painted in multityde of colours, wrapped in gazettes, > >full of dings, dents, even made in Canada ;-) > >but working. Is here anyone with such a thing? > >I have not seen one like you have described. If there was one, my repairman >would probably use it for parts to repair better looking cameras. Maybe you >could try contacting a few leica repairpersons listed in the shutterbug or >search out the Net for these guys. I recently bought a 'semi beater' M3 - missing vulcanite spots, dented top from a meter whack, scratches and bright spots...$550. I fear the days of $250 ugly but working M beaters have passed...or such cameras have gotten darn thin on the ground. - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. - A. Whitney Brown - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html