Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for your input. I would not buy it for investment purposes. The question in my mind is it worth paying the extra to get this camera. The black paint and the engraved top plate are really the only differences that I see. I really like the looks too. Then too, it will be a special edition with LHSA engraved on it. I may have just talked my self into buying it. I can buy it through LHSA or two dealers that have them. They assure me the Passport warranty will apply. Stephen Gandy wrote: > > > I thought I had my mind made up to get one of these. Now, I am having > > > second thoughts. Is this a sought after camera that LUG members would > > > buy if money was not a factor. In other words, is it a highly prized > > > item. I would use it and not worship it. Any thoughts, pro or con? > > > > > Don't Buy It. > > The more LHSA are sold, the more production goes up (my guess is that it will be > less than 1,000 of both types). The less rare the LHSA becomes, the less it > will be worth. More production means LESS long term value. > > there were tens of thousands of photogs too "smart" not to buy the Leica 72 for > $200 new. Now mint examples are probably worth about $30,000 > > You can save about $1100 by buying a plain Jane M6 TTL (new). 20 years from > now you will probably have a nice, but very average Leica M6TTL worth an > average price. Who can predict the value of a less than 1000 production black > paint M6 20 years from now ?? Just because a black mint M3 would now sell for > $15,000 up, or that the recent 2000 camera issue M6 Millennium quickly sells for > $3500 in Tokyo while its original price was $2700 just a few months ago, this > doesn't mean the LHSA will be worth any more than a plain Jane M6. on the other > hand, maybe it will.... > > Stephen Gandy