I've been watching ebay for an M6. So far, no bargains. I'm also a regular on the Leica forum. No one is paniced over there. Many have digital cameras, but they're not about to give up their Leicas. In fact, this is the only forum where I've witnessed an overnight flip-flop.
Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > Saturday, October 18, 2003, 1:00:42 AM, you wrote: > > > I know at least Leica M have plummetted in value over the last 12 months, the > > last two of mine I sold (had 6 bodies) went for far less than I would have > > liked, the flailing US$ doesn't help either. Also many European eBayers are > > practically giving Pentax kit away. > > I haven't kept a close eye on London shop prices recently, but what I > have seen seems much the same as it always was. If there has been a > Leica M price fall could it be because of the MP, rather than digital? > When one of the London dealers first told me about the MP he said > Leica were bringing it out because the good prices and brisk trade in M3s > indicated a healthy market for an all-mechanical M. Perhaps a drop in > the used market shows that they were right. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering > medicine to the dead." > > -- Thomas Paine, in "The Age of Reason"
