Please help me find the best dealer/price for the m6 ttl with usa passport.

also the best dealer/price for lenses without the usa. thanks

gil

-- g garcia (gil-garcia@worldnet.att.net), April 29, 2001

Answers

gil:

For USA Passport or gray market, see www.donchatterton.com

Don is a very reputable dealer. His prices are not the lowest but you can deal with him with complete confidence.

For great prices on gray market, see www.deltainternational.com

I have not bought from delta but have heard of others having success. There are a number of so called dealers you really want to avoid but I won't mention any here. Others can probably point you to a web site where the misdeads of disreputable dealers are revealed.

Mark

-- mark (mramra@qwest.net), April 29, 2001.

I second the above re: Don Chatterton

David S Smith

-- David S Smith (dssmith3@rmci.net), April 29, 2001.

Go here:

http://www.photo.net/neighbor/one-subcategory?id=2

for the good, the bad and the ugly. When I found this page, I must have spent a full two hours reading years of bitching about the "baddies".

Let me tell you, when you find the "goodies", like Don Chatterton, B&H Photo and Delta International, you tend to use them over and over again, with full trust...

-- Steve Hoffman (shoffman2@socal.rr.com), April 29, 2001.

I bought my M6TTL from Tamarkin during one of their Leica Day Events last October. They offer 10% off for the one day event (best to call in advance)plus any rebates currently available. They have events scheduled to take place at their store in NYC during May & their store in Ct. during June. Check their site for the specifics.

Someone in a previous post mentioned a new rebate program ($200 off ea. body & lens)that's supposedly just been started, but I haven't been able to substantiate this yet.

I've also had excellant service from The Photo Village and Ken Hansen Photographic (both in NYC) with very competitive prices. Check with them as well, as they also have these Leica Day events.

-- KL Prager (www.pragerproperties@att.net), April 29, 2001.

Excelent experiences with Don Chatterton

-- R Watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), April 30, 2001.

Check out www.deltainternational.com for the best prices on new grey market Leica gear. Just under $1700 for M6 TTL body. I have bought from betty without problems. www.cameratradersltd.com has great prices on used Leica equipment and the highest and most honest grading standards for used equipment that I have encountered. The mint minus M6 TTL I bought from them for $1480 was indistinguishable from new. Tamarkin sent me an "E+++" summilux that was scratched and had spots on the front element. Don Chatterton tried to talk me into buying the new summilux for an extra $1000.00 saying he had just sold the used one listed on his website. I had a similar experience with Vaughsmithcamera.

-- Vespasian (suetonius@netzero.net), April 30, 2001.

Delta International: IMHO, the best place to buy gray Leica in US (unless you go to Hong Kong and Taiwan)! Friendly and good price. Check their webpage for prices before you place your order elsewhere.

Mel Levy (Nevada): The best place to buy USA Leica. Friendly and professional. For USA Leica, he is my number one choice.

Photovillage: Rich is a nice guy with competitive prices on USA and imports. He has some really good bargains all the time and very patient with customers. Very active in LUG.

Don Chatterton: He sold me a Leica R5, claimed it is brand new made in Germany 5 or 6 years ago. He refused to take it back after I opened the plastic bag and found out it's not German made. I even needed to glue back the leather along the hing of the back myself. He asked me to talk with Leica USA to solve this issue mayself (good service!) and I found out that Leica USA didnot seal bags at all. There was no way you could find it is not German unless you open the bag. Go figure yourself.

-- Dajie Lin (dajielin@home.com), June 06, 2001.