Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/06

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Subject: Re: M6 viewfinder magnification
From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 97 16:29:25 -0400

>It doesn't help you, the M4 finder is the same magnification as the
>M6, it just has fewer frame lines. My understanding is that Leica
>won't put an M3 finder in an M6, because that would make it
>(effectively) a much cheaper way to get an M6J, and they don't want
>you to do that.

They wouldn't care. They've already sold them all, and it is of no 
benefit to them that collectors are selling them to each other now.

They can rebuild an M6 to have the M6J finder, if you give them money and 
sacrifice an M3 for parts.

- - Paul