Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] beating up my M6
From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:58:37 +0100
References: <41D3E446-347E-11D6-9878-0003930C1F28@bigfatpipe.net>

>somehow i scratched the hell out of my M6, all over and around the 
>rewind knob.  i feel so much better now.
>
>--
>brad daly

Sounds good. Most people seem to think mint is better than dent but I 
disagree, at least if you are a user. A ten year old M6 that has 
spent most of its life in its original box will probably cause you 
more problems than a well used one. I am thinking of sticky aperture 
blades with the paint coming off or inaccurate shutter speeds. Like 
the two expensive watches (IWC and V&C for the freaks) I just good 
back from the watchmaker's after they had spent years in the safe. 
One had only managed to run for half an hour and the other one had 
lost ten minutes per hour. Why? Not used on a regular basis, is what 
the man said. Modern lubricants age much slower than old ones, but 
they too get sticky too, it just takes longer.

Chris
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