Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Emanuel, Maybe the reason they don't engraved a different name on the M6 0,85 except on the front of the viewfinder, is because it let the possibility to later exchange the viewfinder against the 0,72 or the reverse, to put = a 0,85 viewfinder on an older M6 without any misengraving in the metal. BTW, it will be interesting to have a price for an exchange. 100 $ ?? ;-) Lucien BELGIUM Emanuel wrote: >They seem to be calling it, simply, "the .85". The only external difference >is that designation laser-etched on the front(!) of the main viewfinder >window. Just what you want your subject to be puzzling over when you poi= nt >the camera at him/her. >With their mania for outlandish commemorative finishes and engravings >during the past 20 years, you'd think they'd a)come up with a proper model >name b) engrave the .85 on the back of the top cover, where the >photographer (not the photographee) would notice it. Sigh.