Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/03

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Subject: [Leica] Re: the best M body
From: montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)
Date: Wed Aug 3 19:23:20 2005
References: <200508032114.j73LCOPr004875@server1.waverley.reid.org>

>It's funny.  The Leica is in it's death throes, prices are >rising, sales
>are falling (I don't seem to remember discussing that in >Economics 101),
>suppliers of film are dwindling, and people are still >concerned with
>rangefinder flair and mechanical smoothness and how >sad it is that the
>engravings aren't as nice as they were 50 years ago.

>-dan c.

Mechanical works of art and some of us get overly
attached...if you think that's bad, try milling around 
some classic Ferrari owners during the annual
shindig in Palm Beach some January...if gas is totally 
replaced with electricity, I doubt it will make much 
difference to them!  ;-)

BTW, the M4-M gets my vote!

Montie