Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2001-02-05-18:38:10 Marc James Small: > I've owned my current M3 DS for five years, and it hasn't seen a shop > in that time despite some heavy use. I want to have it converted to > SS, so I'm waiting ... Nooooo! I keep watching in horror as the remaining stocks of DS M3s dwindle through both natural tragedies and the unnatural act of converting them to SS. The DS wind mechanism is a thing of such sensual, smooth perfection it's a crime to trash it just to add to the huge population of single-stroke Ms out there. Really. People who have DS bodies and wish they had SS bodies should sell the DS bodies, un-mutilated, and buy replacement SS bodies. I keep waiting for my Macintosh tube amp to need service so I can have it converted to transistor...