Nice 1. Whats the story?🙂
Thanks! Im loving it!
*Sorry if its long btw
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I was up in NYC during XMas a few weeks back, and the family came up for some vacation time etc...I had just bought a new R2A about a week or two before, giving up for then, the M6 dreams Ive had for a while (since I sold my M3 for money reasons a long while back, I missed the silent shutter soooo much! Told myself when I can, an M6 for me!)....anyway I was on Adoramas site (I only like em for film, up until that day!) and I saw a "user" M6 for $1092, I thought Id run over and see it, I thought if I can get an ok price for my R2A Ill trade in and pay the difference....But they couldnt find it haha, annoying sure, but I thought ok, not meant to be, I can wait...then he said wait a minute, and brought out a TTL, that was in ok condition, some brassing and scratches, one dent, but I didnt have an interest in a TTL personally, and too expensive, so I picked up my R2A to head out and Ari, the guy helping me, said to hold on one more second, they found the M6 I had seen lol, so the Leica "manager" brought it down, it was amazing, not a single scratch on it, no brassing, it couldnt be the one I saw! It wasnt!!! UGH! It was a (I use the word sparingly) minty Classic for $1400 haha, so I said no way (after I played with it of course) then Ari says "You really like it dont you? I can tell" of course I say yes, i do, its my dream camera but I can wait, its too much, he says to hold on one second, calls upstairs, speaks some Hebrew (?) and hangs up, says "Ok, for you, right now today, $999, what do you think?" I asked if he was kidding, he wasnt, I asked if that was with my R2A trade in (that theyd give me $303 for)? He said NO, its $999 PLUS your trade in! Needless to say, I alsmost sh!t, then I said ring me up! $700 for this M6 was just the XMas miracle I couldve only dreamt about, not even baseplate scratches haha, insane, musta been a shelfer before I got it! I wouldve kicked myself forever if I didnt jump on it! I was so excited I forgot to buy film, and I forgot to take my half shot roll out of the R2A! Oops! (not to mention whoever sold the the M6 left a finished roll in too haha!)
Anyway, Adorama redeemed itself for me that day as well, maybe its just online problems that Ive had? Anyway, couldnt have asked for better service in the end, and now, I cant ever put my M6 down, I love it! (I ended up buying a bunch of Kodak 400CN (my new guilty pleasure) and shot that for that week!
Heres some shots from the first few days with my M6 and the 50mm Nokton:
RFF:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=7340
Flickr (also all Nokton and more shots OF the M6):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487849@N05/
