bbrovold Posted December 1, 2011 Share #1 Posted December 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just bought an M6 classic advertised as "new" and indeed it does look new and even has the correct unfilled warranty card, strap, other literature, etc. Where has this camera been for 14 years (according to serial number it is from 1997)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NB23 Posted December 1, 2011 Share #2 Posted December 1, 2011 You want us to tell you from who you purchased it and where the seller kept the camera? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbrovold Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted December 1, 2011 You want us to tell you from who you purchased it and where the seller kept the camera? No, just a question on how this happens. Did someone buy it and then not use it? Or did a collector buy it and keep it on a shelf? Just curious how a camera can go unused for 14 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
koray Posted December 1, 2011 Share #4 Posted December 1, 2011 No, just a question on how this happens. Did someone buy it and then not use it?Or did a collector buy it and keep it on a shelf? Just curious how a camera can go unused for 14 years. If you put it on a shelf for another year it will go unused for 15 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted December 1, 2011 Share #5 Posted December 1, 2011 I've got an unused MP in the cupboard, bought it the week before I went over almost completely to digital, thats what happens. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted December 2, 2011 Share #6 Posted December 2, 2011 Leica cameras and lenses have been given as corporate gifts for decades (probably by the same marketing people who buy Rolex watches). As we all know using a rangefinder isn't for everybody, so I have no doubt some of these ended up in brand new condition on closet shelves. After that it's probably just a waiting game, either for an estate sale just before retiring to a place in Florida (insert the place in your country where old folks go to die) or discovered by some young relative who is anxious to convert old photography equipment into cash. Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted December 2, 2011 Share #7 Posted December 2, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) The first Leica I ever bought was a CL, new in the box about 15 years after it was made. The batt was dead, but the CL still works great.As I recall, the local dealer had about 10 of them, purchased from another dealer's unsold inventory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted December 2, 2011 Share #8 Posted December 2, 2011 My M6ttl was 5 years old and unused when I got it, in a collectors showcase all that time Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted December 2, 2011 Share #9 Posted December 2, 2011 Bought a new, never opened Hasselblad 501c system last year (body, lens and A12 back) - camera store bankruptcy is what I suspect - and my Millennium M6 was also unused when I bought that. Not so super unusual to find unused cameras occasionally. I prefer them generally, for stupid cosmetic reasons mostly - but the downside is that a camera is often in worse shape internally if never used over a long period of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 2, 2011 Share #10 Posted December 2, 2011 The important thing is to use it now. If it has sat unused all this time it may need a CLA too, depending upon the conditions it has endured. Either way you have a great camera. Use it and enjoy it. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio58 Posted December 2, 2011 Share #11 Posted December 2, 2011 yes my Millennium M6 (just purchased) looks unused. It is probably nearly 12 years old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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