Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know, that is why, like you I put quotes around the word "rare". -dan c. At 07:24 AM 03-10-04 +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >Hi Dan, > >My comment about the rarity was a bit tongue-in-cheek. I do not actually >give a hoot whether 3100 or 310000 of these were produced. I just happen >to have one, and I like the 0.85 viewfinder, so that is the one I kept. > >I do not think it is nearly rare enough to have any collector value. > >Nathan > >Dan C wrote: > >> 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 >> > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Almere, The Netherlands > >General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >