Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M3 loading & other modifications
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:39:06 -0500

I'd bet that it would cost north of $1,000 US to retrofit an M3 finder into 
a M6.  With user M6's going for $1,200 - $1,400, you'd be talking about 
$2200 - $2500.  A new M6TTL  .85 is around $1900, and a M6 Classic .85 is 
around $21-2200.  You do the math.

Is it worth it?

Skip

At 2/22/00 11:18 PM  -0500, you wrote:

>In a message dated 2/22/00 6:00:50 PM, BernardDelgado@excite.com writes:
>
><< Also, I'll pose a question. Now that used M6 are more common, Would it be a
>better idea to put an M3 viewfinder in a used M6 & have the convenience of
>the loading & winder couplings? Or would you rather go to all the trouble of
>having an M3 converted to take a winder?
>  >>
>
>My guess it that you could buy a .85 M6 for about the same money . . .
>
>Bob (lusts after the .85) McEowen


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Skip Williams
Westfield, NJ
skipwilliams@pobox.com
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