If I use the M4, I might mark it and decrease its value. I already had both a great working M2 and a recently acquired Leica 3f for my film needs. The OP's camera is worth significantly more in it's fully working state, much less so if it were to develop a fault and as they have specifically asked about keeping it as 'an investment' my comments stand.Īm in a similar dilemma concerning a mint 50 anniversary black mint M4 I purchased in Oct, 2020. But, a working Pentax ME Super can be bought for about £50 or so. It's true that lots of older electronic cameras are still going strong. Still if what you're saying is that there is a perception that it will get more unreliable with time, its value will decline.
There's nothing to suggest a TTL is more likely to fail than the best of these cameras and if the meter goes its still a perfectly good meter-less mechanical camera like an MA. The Pentax ME Super has a really bad reputation for failing, so does the Olympus OM10, The Olympus OM4Ti and Nikon FE are pretty robust (I have a pair of OM4Ti and several spare circuits), but dead when the circuitry goes. It applies of course to every single electro-mechanical film camera ever made and now long out of production. This seems to be a bit of a thing against the TTL on forums. What would you do? I don't need the money right now and I don't need to use it either. Should I sell it on now, or put it in its box and keep it as an investment? Its got 12 months warranty on the L&A, but I don't want to lose money selling on quickly. So this probably isn't going to get used at all. I have a film Lecia, a nice late model M7, which I get on with better function wise. I don't collect cameras, they are working things for me. unsurprisingly the shutter was a bit out for an effectively unused 20yr old camera so I've had it lubricated and adjusted to spec. I used it once to shoot test film and kept worrying about marking it, I don't think I'd dare take it out of the house. It was slightly more expensive than a new MP, but I think this is the better camera on account of having the larger shutter speed dial. Its boxed, all matching papers, unused strap etc, almost as new, just a couple of tiny surface marks on the paint in a couple of places.
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