Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why bother with the bodies? It's the lenses that caught my attention. I hope _they_ get sold at a bargain compared to Leica. I doubt it though. They're probably better. Daniel On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, B. D. Colen wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >