Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Anthony Atkielski rhapsodized: > One Leica body that really impressed me was dangling from > the arm of a professional photographer. It looked like it > had fallen off a few buildings, gone down with the Titanic, > and been road-killed once or twice. And yet the lens was > crystal-clear, and it still operated smoothly and silently, > from what I saw when he used it. It's that kind of ruggedness > and reliability that makes my mouth water over a camera, and > that's one of the reasons why I bought a Leica. I don't really > care whether the chrome shines or not. But I guess there's no > accounting for taste. Damn straight! My 1-year-old M6 0.85, one of only 4,000 or so made, has significant zinc showing at the edges of the baseplate (though the vinyl protective strip is still there) and zinc peeking through adjacent to the rewind knob. Also some burnishing is visible at the hinge where the plastic thumbplate meets the rest of the wind lever. No dents yet, but this camera is *kaput* as a collector; it is clearly not mint. That's what happens when a camera is used. But hey, it was designed, built, and bought to be used. So it is! Collectors... harumph. - -Alexey