Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] POP and Chrome Finishes
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:54:10 -0500

At 11:42 AM 1/31/98 -0800, Stephen Gandy wrote:
>the interesting thing about it though, is that I can not claim to have
>realized the difference on my own.   the professional Japanese camera
>buyers who frequent the West Coast pointed out the difference to me
>years ago when I just started selling cameras.    Compared to the
>earlier Leitz chrome finish of the M3/M2/M4,  most of the regard the
>current M6 chrome finish as a rude joke, an imitation of the real thing
>that Leica is passing off to buyers who don't know any better.
>
>But don't take my word for it.  Corner them at a camera show and make
>the statement that the M6 chrome finish is as good as the M4 and earlier
>cameras.  They will have a difficult time containing their laughter.
>

Thank you, Stephen, but that answers a question that wasn't asked.  Mr Shea
posited that the M6 chrome finish was worse than the M6, by which I presume
he meant the black M6.  That was what I wished him to confirm and to
provide authority for.

Marc


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