Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, it's a MILLENIUM M6, with the M2/M3 rewind knob, and manually reset frame counter. They are super rare, and this one has many stories to tell. Natchwey and Sonny go waaaay back, and Natch lost his prized M body to Sonny in a poker game on a riverboat. The whole sad story of his gambling and subsequent conversion to plastic Canon's is covered in "War Photographer II". Cheers, P > > Nah! That's not an M6, it's an M2 like mine, only > mine has > all the black paint. I can't believe that it's > worth more than > my near mint one! Was it used by some famous > photographer > to make it increase in value. > > Or is it a spoof? > > Jerry > > "SonC (Sonny Carter)" wrote: > > > Pat > > > > > > Do you mean that if I took a Dremel Tool with > wire brushes > > > and cloth abrasive wheels to my black M2-R, it > would > > > INCREASE in value? I must be going nuts! > > > > > > Jerry > > > > Could be . . . > > > > look at this! > > http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html