Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/20

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Subject: Re: M3 look-a-like = M6-J
From: "Juan F. Sanz Cervera" <Juan.F.Sanz@uv.es>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:13:52 +0100

>From: "Charles E. Love, Jr." <cel14@cornell.edu>
[...]
>Except for the different sound of the shutter (and I still believe it's the
>same shutter) the rest of these changes, outside of the viewfinder, identify
>the camera as a collectors' item as far as I am concerned.  Who needs the
>extra cost of M3 type advance, speed control, etc., when those things don't
>affect performance?   I still think that if Leica were interested in
>photographers, and if this viewfinder is a real improvement (back to the
>future?) they could produce the M6J for a price close to the regular
>M6.--Charlie

I don't want to sound too cynical, but I seriously believe that the "noise"
caused by the sudden, significant decrease in your bank account involved in
the purchase of one of those M-6J cameras makes the shutter sound different!
:-) At least it will sound different to your ear!

I would bet something that in more than 99% of the cases, those shutters
simply don't make ANY noise at all, being carefully kept inactive.

Regards,

    - Juan



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                             Juan F. Sanz Cervera
                      Associate Professor of Chemistry
                      Departamento de Quimica Organica
                       Universidad de Valencia, Spain
                              Juan.F.Sanz@uv.es
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