philipus Posted February 5, 2015 Share #21 Posted February 5, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Bjarni, only you can decide if, several years down the line, it would be worth paying 1300$ extra now. In my view, the 135 framelines are not in the slightest disturbing when I shoot 35mm (and certainly not 1300$ worth of disturbing). If it was a black chrome I wanted, I would have waited and picked one up used for a much lower price. The emotional connection one develops to a camera - that makes it the "keeper" camera one will have for life and possibly pass on to children etc - is an intensely personal thing. Some people need a brand new camera for that. I have read such stories with respect to the new M-A, for instance. I can fully understand and respect this emotion, but I don't relate to it. I considered a brand new MP a few years back when I wanted a black paint body. But concluded that all the things I wanted (including black strap lugs and black paint on the rear door) were only available in the TTL Millennium (which also lacked all the various bizarre engravings Leica has put on their special edition cameras over the years). I waited and eventually (sooner than I had expected) found one that had had just one previous owner who had taken meticulous care of the camera. I made it mine and even though I am not the sole owner of the camera I most definitely feel that it is "my" camera now a few hundred rolls later. You made the point yourself about the fact that all M models take exact the same pictures. I would add to this that 1300$ buys a pretty nice used 35mm Summicron. Good luck Philip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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menos I M6 Posted February 6, 2015 Share #22 Posted February 6, 2015 … exactly as I feel about this Philip. I want to add, that the hunt for a very specific camera (often taking months or even years) and then even going further and have this camera personalized makes that camera finally this much more enjoyable to use than just hitting a "buy-button" on a brand new fully specced product one can buy off the shelf - be it ALC'ed or standard. I have many Leica M bodies I wanted and searched for a long time before finally getting them. Many of them have never developed into that "personal camera" I wished it to become. Curiously some of these cameras have become that special to me that I would not consider giving them away as their value to me seems more than their value expressed in numbers as re-sale value. My point: developing an individual connection to a piece of gear, a tool depends for me absolutely not on wether I have been the sole owner or not. More often than not though a story or a life before I received the piece of equipment adds immensely to it's personal value. This might also influence why personally I very strongly favor items which can develop marks of use over time, that brass pen, wearing down it's black finish over decades, that mechanical watch housing showing more and more small scratches over time, that black paint lens with individual details of it's lens barrel gleaming from brass over years of use, … Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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