john_a. Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 Another special addition rip off....But what is the difference when compared with the much cheaper chrome model?? Thanks for input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_a. Posted May 23, 2004 Author Share Posted May 23, 2004 special edition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 The main difference is if you send me a chrome model to ding up and get to the point that it looks like it's actually seen some heavy use I'll charge you $500.00 and it'll probably take a year. The anthracite edition you can do yourself in a couple of weeks by simply not wearing lintless cotton gloves when you handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 Leica as an investment age has long since past, given the advent of digital among other reasons. One had to be in the Kaplan stone age (8*)) for photo gear (60's and 70's) to profit from Leica gear. In addition, one can not batter one's gear like Al does for it to keep its value. Of far more value are the results the Leica produces. Please quit searching my friend. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted May 23, 2004 Share Posted May 23, 2004 I kid about battering my Leicas but I really never made any special effort to do so. In reality I actually do look out for them. Heck, I'm not in as good a shape as I was 35 or 40 years ago either! What's amazing is that after all they've been through they still work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Dear Al, Please list, in the following order, the working efficiency of your: Leicas, blood pressure, PSI, CRP, Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, Bunn, Creatine, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Dear Al, Please list, in the following order, the working efficiency of your: Leicas, blood pressure, PSA, CRP, Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, BUN, Creatine, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Paul~ The four M bodies and the CL are working just fine including my most recently acquired M2, but it will soon be visiting Manfred anyway to get an M4 style PC socket installed, at least on the X-synch side. I guess that kills the collector value of what would otherwise be a 9+ camera body - oh well! Four years ago I became vaguely aware of reality inside the rescue squad truck en route to the hospital. I'd had a seizure in my sleep. My then lady friend of course freaked and had called 911. After a few days in the hospital getting every test the HMO would approve, followed by a year or more of follow up MRI's, assorted other X-rays and scans, spinal fluid pressure tests, blood work, etc., etc., the net result of all this was I was told that my heart is in great shape, no plaque in my arteries, my PSA is fine, my lungs are clean, my cholesterol is low, and my blood pressure at the low end of the normal range. As for the seizure? They don't have a clue! After doing a bunch of research on my own I discovered that tea brewed from marijuanna was a common anti-seizure drug in third world countries. The neurologist jokingly said she couldn't prescribe it. I pointed out that perhaps a year or so prior to the seizure I got a U.S. Coast Guard issued boat captains' license, making me subject to random drug testing, and gave up my habit of taking a couple of tokes most every evening. In other words, the condition might have existed for over 30 years masked by my self medicating habit...LOL. She agreed that that was very likely. Periodic testing over the past few years still revealed nothing, and I now take a daily minimal doseage of a perscription medication just in case. Well, you asked! I suppose that makes me more collectible than my M bodies, and to find out (true story!) about 6 months ago I got in an AOL "Romance" chat room saying something like "tall handsome man, housebroken, available to the high bidder" and a few minutes later got an instant message asking what the high bid was. A few months ago Linda (OK, she was the ONLY bidder) came to Miami for a few days, 4 weeks ago I went to N. Carolina for a week, and it looks like come August she'll be moving south and moving in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_a. Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 anthrite MP to Al's life story! only on this forum! Jees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_.1 Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Al- I think that's a strong argument for lighting up a few more blunts. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Al, What a beautiful love story: test your PSA again before she moves in. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bart feliciano Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 http://www.biccamera.com/bicbic/jsp/w/catalog/detail.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=0010047053 Is that price for a Body + Lens Kits? I wish I could read that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiba Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Yes, it's for the set, meaning it comes with a Leicavit, not the lens. Sorry for reviving an ancient thread, but I just bought "Leica Tsushin" magazine and was wondering if anyone had actually bought an anthracite MP or if it was just Japanese fondler material... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_sullivan1 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I did in fact buy an Anthracite MP with the matching leicavit, just recently. I liked the classic script engraving and different color the camera was painted. To buy a new MP with a winder would have cost me more than I paid for the Anthracite version, and the camera qualified for $500 "Leica Dollars" promotion to which I used on a C-Lux. All in all, it was a good buy for myself and the camera is getting used as a camera, not as a museum piece. I'll post some pics of it after it gets some beauty scars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_berkhout Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Paul-this anal preoccupation with all kinds of tests is not going to make people live longer as far as I know. Quitting the smoking habit does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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