Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It seems on balance a prudent thing to keep and keep in decent shape. I'm way more comfortable knocking around on assignment with a 3 & 4's anyway. The 'classic' 6 0.85 I'm using as a backup. Nothing wrong with wrapping it in something while its on the bottom of the bag. Just old fashioned I guess... - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:59 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 0.85 classic question > Of course, collectors then begin to cavil about each model's > provenance...Midland or Wetzlar...finish, rangefinder "eyes," ridging on > the frame preview lever, et cetera. It seems that virtually any Leica > can be declared "collectable" by one criterion or another. One must > assume that the purpose of the endless variation in Leica parts and > production methods was to make every body a collector's body. > > Buzz > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank > Filippone > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:38 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 0.85 classic question > > The only reason that it would be considered a collector item is the > quantity > produced... 3130 total production. That compares to something like > 30,000 > Canon AE1 that were produced PER MONTH. > > You can also compare to 220k M3's produced, 83K M2's, 9.4K M1's, 56K > M4's, > 35K CL's, etc. > > BTW, the rarest was not the M6 0.85 but rather the original MP, which is > in > the order of 450 (?). > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > What makes the .85 M6 such a collector item? > > > -- > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html