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has anyone any experience with buying 'bargain' bodies from keh ? looking towards leica m2/m3....
buying 'bargain' bodies
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foolproof
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better stick to my side of the lake so....damn americans, with your cheap camera equipment 🙂
Ash
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dont worry foolproof, you may still grab a bargain over here
adep
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This is my bargain M2 from KEH. Mechanically sound (even slow shutter speeds) vulcanite is perfect, there are some bright marks on the top plate and a ding near the viewfinder. There's a small chip of paint missing from the film door, but all windows are very clean. It's the only camera body I've bought from them, so YMMV. I wonder if modifications to it lowered the grade? It has M6 framelines and a quick load kit installed.
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sigh.....how much did ya pay if you dont mind me asking ?
adep
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foolproof said:
Don't mind at all, $650.
edit - body only, of course.
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burninfilm
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Check out the M-mount Leicas that KEH sells on Ebay from time to time. All the ones I've checked out so far had some chipped vulcanite, bright marks, scratches, dings, etc. Probably still within the "70%" condition that KEH quotes for Bargain condition cameras. Still, they don't appear to be the prettiest cameras in the world. Of course, you never really know until you buy from KEH.
