Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/27
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On 27 Oct 97, Jeff Moore wrote:
> James Lager refers to these somewhat disparagingly in one of his books
> as `panda' M6es, and allows as how he doesn't find them pleasing to
> the eye. Funny thing is, he said nothing of the sort when he sold me
> mine (new, in the late Eighties) at Ken Hansen! :-)
>
> I happen to find the look rather fetching, although it could of course
> be that I've just grown acclimated to and fond of the looks of my own
> personal instrument; but to me, a chrome-on-chrome M6 looks really
> bland!
<snip>
Agree, Jeff. I, too, like the look and one of these days, when I find a
mint- example at the right price, I'll buy it!
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
Leica Historical Society Of America
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
Intuition (n): an uncanny sixth sense which tells people
that they are right, whether they are or not.