Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/18

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Subject: Re: M3 look-a-like = M6-J
From: fconley <fconley@macconnect.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 97 23:29:44 -0400

>Lately I have been using a Nikon F2 for a
>llot of studio shooting, and I like it a lot.  But every now and then I take
>out my M6 and the difference between the two is incredible.  The Leica's
>shutter is so quiet in comparison, that I have to double check to make sure
>it is working.  And the film advance is so much finer.  So maybe the M6J is
>even better.  I'm more than happy with my plain-Jane M6.

Well, comparing an F3 to an F2 you'd have much the same feeling. The F2 
is a tank of a camera, but it is one of the loudest and clunkiest cameras 
ever made. :)