Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, yes; but what did your wife think of that rationale? Don R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Pope" <leica.user@ntlworld.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] So you want a new Leica M series Body? > Frank, > > good question. > I recently bought a M2 body. It was an impulse purchase. I was passing my > local dealer and saw it in the window. Initially, I went in to look at it > out of curiosity, but after having handled it, that was it. It caught me > hook, line and sinker... The thought of owning a camera body that is older > than me, is in perfect working order AND will take the lenses that I own was > just too much! So the funds that I had put away for a Nova fibre based print > processor were rapidly diverted to purchase the M2 (oh, and a 135mm > Elmarit!). > The M2 is not mint and has obvious signs of wear. I figure it is better to > have an older mechanical camera that has been used regularly than one that > has been in its box for years. It was also a very good price - > substantially lower than some of the recent prices I have seen for M2s in > the UK photo press. > > Adding a Voigtlander VC meter has made it almost as easy to use as the > M6TTL. > > I justify the purchase by saying that I needed a third body so that I could > use colour, b&w and infra-red films at the same time. Pretty lame excuse, > but like I said, I think it caught ME. I have no regrets. > > Regards > > > Mark Pope > Swindon Wilts, UK > > http://www.monomagic.co.uk > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html