Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/02

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Ikon
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat Oct 2 22:25:00 2004
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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
>>
> 
> 
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-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

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