Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCF377.3D3B8560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com >>I have an offer of a M3 with 50/2.0 Collapsible for $600 and wonder if = it is a good deal. The body has some marks with a ding near the shutter = speed dial and the leather was restored with the M6 leather. The lens = is in good condition with slight haze on inside of the front element. = What do you think? What does a M3 with the M6 leather look like?<< David, This sounds like a pretty good deal to me if the camera is functioning = properly. Add $125 to that price to get the lens cleaned and lubed and = you'll have yourself a dandy user Leica. The M6 leather on the M3 will = look about the same as the M6 leather looks on my M2. That is to say, = it looks just fine. Certainly it does not look quite like the original = vulcanite but it does not look out of place either. =20 I bought a user M2 and had Leica New Jersey CLA it for me and put new M6 = leather on. The camera looks nice for a user and functions flawlessly. = This M2 has become my main camera and I haul it around nearly everywhere = with me and do not worry if it picks up a scratch or two here and there. Hope this helps,=20 Regards, Don=20 - ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCF377.3D3B8560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#c0c0c0> <DIV><A=20 href=3D"mailto:seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com">seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com</= A><BR> </DIV> <DIV>>>I have an offer of a M3 with 50/2.0 Collapsible for $600 = and wonder=20 if it is a good deal. The body has some marks with a ding near the = shutter=20 speed dial and the leather was restored with the M6 leather. The = lens is=20 in good condition with slight haze on inside of the front element. = What do=20 you think? What does a M3 with the M6 leather look = like?<<</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>This sounds like a pretty good deal = to me if the=20 camera is functioning properly. Add $125 to that price to get the = lens=20 cleaned and lubed and you'll have yourself a dandy user Leica. The = M6=20 leather on the M3 will look about the same as the M6 leather looks on my = M2. That is to say, it looks just fine. Certainly it does = not look=20 quite like the original vulcanite but it does not look out of place=20 either. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I bought a user M2 and had Leica New = Jersey CLA=20 it for me and put new M6 leather on. The camera looks nice for a = user and=20 functions flawlessly. This M2 has become my main camera and I haul = it=20 around nearly everywhere with me and do not worry if it picks up a = scratch or=20 two here and there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hope this helps, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Regards, = Don </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BCF377.3D3B8560--