Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
As I have said before, but maybe not recently, MX's were usually bought by serious photographers. Serious photographers tended to use the heck out of them. Unlike ME Supers most of which spent the past 20 years in a drawer or camera bag, MX's tended to spend all those years hanging around someone's neck.
I myself used a pair, bought new, professionally for 5 years, and then as a fairly serious amateur for another 5 years. One of them required a repair once when I dropped it and knocked the mirror out of alignment. Other than that they were still going strong when I sold them (one of my famous regrets). BUT! Some one bought them when I gave them up and continued to use them for some years longer. Eventually they were, I am sure, worn out beyond sensable repair. Funny thing is folks will say the Nikon F3 was sturdier, but a lot of folks bought them as tokens and did not use them much. The ones used very heavily are worn out too.
My point being that I believe a higher percentage of serious users bought the MX than almost any other camera in history, so there are fewer low milage old MX's around than there are of most other cameras. Ask Shel, he went through several before finding good ones. I do believe that a few years back I told him here on the list just about what I am saying now. I now have a beat to death ratty looking one that I just love, but it fits with the ones you had experience with. It is not like a like new one at all.
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