Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica prices
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 08:53:47 -0800

Mike Johnston wrote:
><Snip> 
> If you look at it that way, the "cost" of using Leica M gear is really
> pretty absurdly low. It would be very cheap right now for newcomers to
> try an M6, for instance. You can get users for $1300-$1500 and they're
> just not going to lose very much value--they may even gain value. A
> $1400 used M6 bought today is certainly not going to be worth $450 in
> three or four years, which might be the case with a new Wunderplastik AF
> 35mm. "Try an M6 for a year for free"--sounds like an ad campaign.
> 
> The only way it costs a lot is if you keep it, but by that time it's
> painless, because you've already parted with the money--and you've
> already decided it's worth it to you to keep.
> 
> --Mike

Sounds like you are "Catching on" Mike but I can't see how a Hasselblad CM would
be a bad investment. I got mine 5 years ago for $500 and it is a classic cube
with a mirror in the middle which does the job. (Previously I only had an ELM
which is limiting) I needed to get an Acumat screen for it for another $250
which Hasselblad replaced for free when i washed it with the wrong stuff like a
moron. But it fits most of my Hasselblad toys which add on from all sides of
that cube especially the front (the lenses)!.
Mark Rabiner