Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > If I were you I would not waste my time and money on a camera as beat up as > the one you describe--unless you feel that you want to buy from your friend > in the interest of the friendship or he is willing to sell it to you for a > REALLY low price. There are plenty of nice M3s on the market, for example I > bought mine for 1450 DM (less than $700) and it is perfect in every respect > and cosmetically pretty nice too. Admittedly, the serial no. is below > 1'000'000 and the one your are looking at is in the desireable over 1'000'000 > range, but as Martin wrote, given its state it has little collector value > anyway. But I'm not a collector, despite the many cameras littered all over my apartment. I want to use this thing, and I know I'll scratch it, carry it around (sans case) in a jacket pocket, bump it into other cameras, etc. And knowing myself, I'll never really get around to sell it anyway. Thanks though, you have a point in that it is not worth going into too much effort when ~$700 can get me a nice trouble-free M3. j - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juan J. Buhler | FX Animator @ PDI | http://www.crosswinds.net/~jbuhler - -------------------------------------------------------------------------