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

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Ebay -- fact or fiction!
From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 10:03:12 -0000

Sounds fascinating, I'll be waiting to hear of it.

Jem

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Stephen Gandy [SMTP:leicanikon@earthlink.net]
> 
> haven't got the camera yet.  As I dimly recall from a Modern Photo article
> I
> have not been able to find, the LED pre-flash increased B/W film
> sensitivity
> 2-3 stops.  Not sure how, or how well, it works in practice.  I plan to do
> a
> future article on it.
> 
> Stephen Gandy
> 
> Jeremy Kime wrote:
> 
> > Bob,
> > I was bidding on a weird 'user' M3 that had been converted, at some
> stage,
> > to run with leds in the corner of the shutter case for hypersensitive
> > pre-flashing of the film, or so I understood the explanation.
> > However, some other guy comes along and snaps it from under my nose, and
> he
> > a fellow Lugger to boot! Maybe we should invent some gentleman's rules
> > here!! (only kidding...)
> >
> > How is that camera Stephen (Gandy)?
> >
> > best regards,
> > Jem
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:         Bmceowen@aol.com[SMTP:Bmceowen@aol.com]
> > > "User" items go pretty reasonably, too. A week
> > > ago I let go what seemed like a really nice user M2 (with a CLA,
> upgraded
> > > PC
> > > sockets and rapid load kit). It sold for $660.
> > >
> > > Bob (Opps, sorry, you're right, there are no deals on ebay) McEowen
> > >