Leica prices are stable or go up, not down when you buy used (accept maybe digital M). Prices at that same dealer are $2195 now. I paid $1500 a couple years back from my local Leica dealer. Think about each of those other M's and each has one of those issues you need to live with.
LEICA M7 SERIAL NUMBERS YEAR UPGRADE
I've thought of trading my M7 to upgrade to an M240 from time to time, but I come back to these things that I value from time to time: no viewfinder flare, nearly silent shutter, ACCURATE shutter, reliable, a real flash hot shoe, I can use a 28mm or 35mm lens if I want, aperture priority for those quick captures when you don't have time to think, TTL flash metering (I have the SF24D), brass top (not zinc, which was a cost cutting measure.), quick loading of film with no need to attach to a reel. You can always buy a lifetime supply onAmazon and put in the freezer if it makes you feel secure. The CR1/3N isn't always readily available at your pharmacy or camera shop etc but the SR44 and its variants usually is. The M7 is a rock solid camera that is STILL IN PRODUCTION.
I've had NO viewfinder flare at all with my M7 and I'd had this issue with some of the others and it drove me crazy. Don't get me wrong I'd pick up another mechanical M in a heart beat, but for various reasons beyond the scope of this post I parted with each of them in the past. I've had an M2, M3, M4, and M6 and for me the keeper has been my M7.
I've had my M7 for a few years now and highly recommend it if it has the Optical DX reader and the finder upgrade. Lovely images, great camera, and it is a happier camera for being used. The "leather" is chipping, its collecting scratches and wear, and it works like a champ. So I said to hell with it, slapped a Canadian Rapidwinder on it, and now use it. Keep in mind, the IIIF, RD, ST, at one time was trading for more than $700, and this was in 20-years-ago dollars. Unfortunately, the first two times it was serviced it didn't last real long, needed it again, and by the time I got that done it was (a) a bit scratched, mostly from handling, and (b) working well but at a cost of more than I could ever hope, in a sane world, to recover from my "investment."
No problem, get it serviced, it's mint, it will be a great investment.
However having sat unused for 40 years, it just needed a little tweaking in service. If it is in good order, and the batteries are still available (not sure what it takes - ms 76? Still very common) I'd say go for it, although i can't see it is THAT much of an order better than ur m6.ĭitto what the folks say about an "investment." Cameras are meant to be used, and any use destroys investor value, but what is a camera for, anyway, if not to use? - your investment money is better placed in a good mutual fund that tracks the Dow.īest Example: Once a guy sold me a Leica IIIF, RD, ST, that was pretty much mint. My one impression with an M7 is that the electronic shutter is so quiet you think there's something wrong with it.
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