Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/28

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Lens cap for the M Summicron 35?
From: colm@irlw1c01.ck.cit.alcatel.fr (Colm Ryan)
Date: Tue, 28 May 96 09:11:36 BST

|  The design of the built-in hood on the current 
|50mm 2.0 is less successful, IMHO.  It's rather "wobbly" and when pulled out 
|gives the camera that phallic-extension look of one of those long-zoom 
|point-and-shoot cameras.

I wasn't aware the current 50/2 had a built-in hood. Thanks.

I have a general question on secondhand M6s, which is, can one get a s/h M6 in
exc or exc+ condition? I've been reading the back pages of AP for about a year
now and nearly every s/h M6 is near-mint or mint. The s/h prices range from STG 1500 to 
STG 1800, which is a little out of my price bracket. As a result, I'm now considering
an M4 (or M4-2), which are reasonably common in well-used condition. 

So. What's the availability of well-used M6s in the US?