Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One thing to keep in mind about the Zeiss, guys - assuming that it's a really well built, solid body: If you can buy a new Zeiss with a good warranty for what you can buy a used M6 for, why would you be buying an M6 with a slower flash sync, slower top shutter speed, bottom loading, and lower viewfinder magnification - other than to buy a red dot. And all of that is assuming that the Zeiss is a high quality body. I'd suggest that we may not only be at the end of the age of film, but if this camera is as good as promised, we may also be at the end of the age in which one automatically goes for the Leica M assuming it to be superior to everything else. But who knows, it may turn out that it is still superior. :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dan C Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 5:43 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon Nathan....I also have one of those "rare" non-TTL bodies. I stopped using it and reverted back to my older .72 model, hoping that maybe I could make a killing on eBay. But last week one in perfect condition sold for only $1200; so much for my dream. But this is what prompted me to start this thread. My local dealer here in Montreal told me that he can't get $1500 CDN for a used regular M6. But unless that Zeiss Ikon turns out to be some kind of miracle camera (and a bigger viewfinder alone won't do it for me) and I wanted a rangefinder, that used M6 is sure tempting. By the way, I actually prefer the .72 model, and hindsight tells me that I was slightly crazy when I bought the .85 model. -dan c. At 11:26 PM 02-10-04 +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >My 0.85 viewfinder on the M6 is the best of them all. That is the only >Leica rangefinder body I have kept following my digital epiphany. And to >make it even better, it is one of the "rare" non-TTL versions of the >M6HM. Not that I care, I have already deflowered it from a collector's >point of view by using it extensively since buying it a couple of years ago. > >Nathan > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information