Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucien van Dievoet wrote: > > Harold wrote: > > <I was thinking of buying a second-hand or new M6. I have read somewhere > <that the electronics in some of the earlier M6's were a bit dodgy. Is > there > <any truth in this and, if so, does anybody know which serial numbers to > <avoid? If it's just idle rumour of course, it doesn't matter at all!!! > > It was true with the first serie of the Leitz Wetzlar period (around > 1984-85). > > I had one totally reniew from the electronics point of view, for free, in > Solms in the late 80's, because it was a well known problem. (long after > the end of the warranty). It don't happen with all of them, but you better > buy a LEICA GMBH (88) or a LEICA CAMERA GMBH (89-96) M6. (Actually LEICA > CAMERA AG) > > Lucien > BELGIUM Hello, Are for the 84/85 version. Is it the one with ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR on the top plate, and the word LEITZ instead of LEICA on the red dot on the front?? - --adisoon