[Leica] Re: M4?

[pchefurka@plaintree.com]

     I picked up an M4 in Ex+ condition (a couple of scuffs on the top 
     plate) from a camera store in Ottawa recently, for $1250 CDN, or about 
     $850 US.  It needed a CLA, which cost another $250 CDN ($150 US).  So 
     for $1000 US I have a very nice user.
     
     They aren't that rare, especially if you also consider the later 
     incarnations - the M4-2 and the M4P.  Private sales are likely to be a 
     better deal than store purchases, though stores may give you a better 
     warranty.  Alt Cameras in Toronto, for instance, offers a 1-year 
     warranty on all used equipment, which saved me some money recently 
     when the diaphragm in a 50 came uncoupled from the aperture ring.
     
     I like shooting with the M4 precisely because it doesn't have a meter 
     in it, and that forces me to think more about the light.  When I have 
     to figure out how much light there is, I seem to pay more attention to 
     its quality as well.
     
     Paul Chefurka

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Improving leica-made images 
Author:  <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > at internet
Date:    8/10/98 8:41 PM


I've been using an M6 for about one year now and I love it.  I'd like to now 
try my hand with the M4.  Can someone please tell me what is a reasonable 
price for an M4 in excellent to mint condition please?  Is such an animal 
available at all as a user camera or would it me something likely to be sold 
as a collector piece at an exhorbitant price?
     
Also where should I begin looking?
     
Bruce S.